I didn't bother to mention it since I found it a simple procedure, but Romania, along with Bulgaria and Croatia, has been given the official acceptance of being able to sign the papers in April for EU joining in 2007. More importantly on that meeting Turkey and EU agreed upon the pre-negotiation terms and started lots of debates and controversies within the EU states. I personally don't believe in Turkey's candidacy since the cultural differences appear to create big tensions. For everybody to save face perhaps this could be a likely scenario.