Admission to the club is eagerly sought.

Manufacturing plausible sounding objections to Ukrainian membership is easy.

In addition to membership, several other issues remain.

Some, such as France s National Front, oppose their country s eurozone membership others, such as Podemos in Spain, do not.

There are serious staffing implications with respect to Security Council membership as well.

But the financial and economic crisis has demonstrated the benefits of euro membership.

The default schema for group membership complies with RFC 2307bis (proposed).

Political experience has never been a prerequisite for NTC membership.

The Swedes have always been half hearted about the political aspects of EU membership.

In fact, the promise of EU membership now seems to have been a more effective means of promoting reform than membership itself aspiration, unlike membership, gave the EU far greater political leverage.

That default will be due in large part to its membership in the European Monetary Union.

Building a Ukraine worthy of EU membership will not be easy, cheap, or fast.

China s tortuous road toward membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is winding toward its end.

The defining characteristic of the countries on the Eastern and Southern borders of Europe is that they lack many attributes needed for membership.

Vučić's administration had been lobbying other countries to vote against Kosovo's membership within the relevant UN bodies.

Surveys indicate that the Irish are strong supporters of EU membership and the integration process.

Finally, there is no reason to believe that the new Constitution could not accommodate Turkish membership.

Do the post communist candidate countries share the OCA properties required for successful EMU membership? Their degree of economic openness, measured by the share of exports and imports in their GDP, is as high as that of current EMU members.

No EU membership no more privatization no pension reform.

Do the post communist candidate countries share the OCA properties required for successful EMU membership?

At the moment, opinion polls indicate that the UK electorate would vote for continued EU membership.

In February 1996, church membership in countries other than the United States surpassed that of the U.S.

Most arguments put forward by skeptics about Turkish membership are, in fact, disingenuous and misleading.

The prospect and reality of EU membership has been a force for stability, prosperity, and democracy across Eastern Europe.

MEXICO CITY After 47 years, the Organization of American States, at its annual General Assembly, has repealed its suspension of Cuba s membership.

The most powerful tool that the EU has for influencing political and economic developments in neighboring countries is the prospect of membership.

The press and government, mindful of the requirements of EU membership, are finally opening the sensitive Armenian issue to debate.

With a slowdown in accession negotiations, Turkish politicians will have less incentive to continue the reforms necessary for membership.

Turkey s adoption of a road map for full membership in the EU also created a strong impulse to follow through on painful reforms.

Ukraine needs the discipline of the accession process and thus the promise of EU membership if reforms are to be implemented effectively.

approving Russian membership in the IMF in 1992 and immediately giving it a 1 billion stand by arrangement, with the usual conditions

With all due respect to the UK, dismantling the EU as the price of its continued membership is an absurd idea.

My government has pledged its willingness live up to the legal norms that are the core of European Union membership.

And this is where a key question hangs over Lagarde how does she feel about Turkey s membership in the Union?

And this is where a key question hangs over Lagarde how does she feel about Turkey s membership in the Union?

Membership in the European Union has resulted in the proliferation of ties to Europe at many levels, as well as a major influx of EU money.

Indeed, it is possible that the EU may have to think in terms of different kinds of members, or perhaps of different gradations of membership.

Ukraine also agreed to implement the relevant EU energy directives as part of its membership of the European Energy Community.

The debate around Turkish membership is set to become hotter in the second half of this year, when Cyprus assumes the EU s rotating presidency.

By banging on about immigration, Cameron risks making it central to the question of whether Britain should remain in the EU.

Should Ukraine succeed in breaking its post Soviet shackles, there will be no way around its EU membership.

While this was happening, the European Union that has for so long dangled the carrot of club membership in front of Turkey stood by passively.

Like the European Union, the UN should possess mechanisms to suspend or even expel members that fail to respect democratic norms.

The Commission has particular praise for the efforts of Latvia, Slovakia and Bulgaria, and suggests that, in economic terms, Latvia could be included in the first wave. But there is no suggestion that the membership criteria should be relaxed.

Lagarde, by contrast, seems to be a global Renaissance woman, but her views on Turkey s EU membership could disprove that image.