mikebond

Hi gamavor! Thank you for telling me about the others discussions on Armenia and the EU. I already knew some and I had already written about my "European hope" in one of those threads. Now I've copied this invitation into the other you told me about and I hope that someone will subscribe to my discussion group. There's need to debate a lot about this topic for European people and institutions to understand that Armenia (as well as Georgia and Azerbaijan) needs to become a member and deserves it. Of course, there's still much to do but we mustn't lose hope!

I am a 21-year-old Italian young man. I love Europe and the European Union and I would like all the European countries to join the EU in the future, hopefully by 2020-2030, including Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. I have founded some Yahoogroups to debate with other people who would like this to happen. I think some of you might find it interesting to join the "Armenia in the EU" group. The address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/armenia-in-the-eu. Please, join it only if you are in favour of this. God bless Armenia! Michele Bondesan

I am a 21-year-old Italian young man. I love Europe and the European Union and I would like all the European countries to join the EU in the future, hopefully by 2020-2030, including Russia, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. I have founded some Yahoogroups to debate with other people who would like this to happen. I think some of you might find it interesting to join the "Armenia in the EU" group. The address is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/armenia-in-the-eu. Please, join it only if you are in favour of this. God bless Armenia! Michele Bondesan

I live in Italy and in the EU and I'm well informed on EU subjects. My hope is that Europe will be united in 20-30 years: I'd like all European states to join it, included Turkey and the Caucasian countries. I think that Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan will be allowed to join the European Union one day, if they make efforts to improve their internal situation. The Treaty of the European Communities say that EVERY European country matching the conditions of being a democracy, having a market economy and others can apply to join the EU. Unfortunately the region of Caucasus has been ignored so far when dealing with EU enlargement. However, when Turkey becomes a member of the EU, the issue of Caucasus in the EU will raise, because Georgia and Armenia have deep historical, cultural and religious ties with the rest of Europe; Azerbaijan is more an Asian country but it couldn't be left out because lots of Armenians live there. Therefore I'm quite optimistic on the future of these three states at the borders between Europe and Asia. I think you could join the EU around 2020. Of course, there's still a lot of work to do, but you'll eventually succeed in this goal.