Bulgaria has set a goal of completing its accession negotiations by May 2004, when the ten Central and Eastern European countries in the first wave of EU enlargement are due to join the bloc.
Bugarska je sebi postavila cilj da završi pregovore o prijemu do maja 2004, kada će deset zemalja centralne i istočne Evrope ući u Uniju, u prvom talasu proširenja ovog bloka.