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Candidate Countries

Bulgaria
Croatia
Romania
Turkey

Bulgaria

Area: 110 993 km2
Population: 7 517 973
Capital: Sofia
Official language: Bulgarian
Currency: lev
National holiday:
3 March (independence in 1878)
Republic of Bulgaria
Parliamentary Republic.
Constitution of 1991
President: Georgi Puranov
Prime Minister: Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Solomon Passy
National Assembly: 240 members elected by direct universal suffrage for four years.
Women in Parliament: 26.2%
Per capita GDP: EUR 6 078 (in purchasing power parities)

Croatia

Area: 56 610 km2
Population: 4 496 869
Capital: Zagreb
Official language: Croat
Currency: kuna
National holiday: 25 June (declaration of independence in 1991)Republic of Croatia
Parliamentary Republic.
Constitution of 1990
President: Stipe Mesic
Prime Minister: Ivo Sanader
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic
Parliament (Sabor): 151 members elected for four years by universal suffrage.
Women in Parliament: 17.8%
Per capita GDP: EUR 8 777 (in purchasing power parities)

Romania

Area: 238 391 km2
Population: 22 355 551
Capital: Bucharest
Official language: Romanian
Currency: leu
National holiday: 1 December (Unification Day)
Republic of Romania
Parliamentary Republic. Semi-presidential system.
Constitution of 1991
President: Traian Basescu
Prime Minister: Calin Tariceanu
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Razvan Ungureanu
Chamber of Deputies: 345 members elected for four years by direct universal suffrage.
Senate: 140 members elected for four years
Women in Parliament: 10.7%
Per capita GDP: EUR 5 700 (in purchasing power parities)

Turkey

Area: 769 604 km2
Population: 68 893 918
Capital: Ankara
Official language: Turkish
Currency: Turkish lira
National holiday: 29 October (independence in 1923)
Turkish Republic
Parliamentary Republic.
Constitution of 1982
President: Ahmet Necdet Sezer
Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Minister for Foreign Affairs: Abdullah Gül
National Assembly: 550 members elected for five years by direct universal suffrage.
Women in Parliament: 4.4%
Per capita GDP: EUR 5 570 (in purchasing power parities)


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