Romania and Bulgaria were left out of the group of countries which joined the EU in May 2004, because it soon became clear that they needed to do more work than the others to meet the political and economic requirements posed by EU membership.
Rumānija un Bulgārija tika izslēgtas no to valstu grupas, kas pievienojās ES 2004. gada maijā, tāpēc ka kļuva skaidrs, ka tām jāpadara lielāks darbs nekā citām, lai atbilstu tām politiskajām un ekonomiskajām prasībām, kas tiek izvirzītas ES dalībvalstīm.