EU institutions have marked the 10th anniversary of the bloc’s biggest enlargement in recent history.<br /><br />On the 1st of May 2004, 10 new countries joined the EU.<br /><br />They were: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.<br /><br />“Accession benefited both countiers joining the EU and established member states. Enlargement boosted growth and improved living standards in the acceding countries,” said EU enlargement commissioner Stefan Füle. <br /><br />Whilst those in Brussels hail the 2004 EU enlargement as a resounding success, the real answer is likely to come at the forthcoming European elections.
