Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in the context of "Cyrillic script"

⭐ In the context of the Cyrillic script, the Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in 2007 resulted in what significant development for the EU?

Bulgaria's entry into the European Union in 2007 led to the recognition of Cyrillic as an official script of the EU, joining the already established Latin and Greek scripts to accommodate Bulgaria’s national language.

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⭐ Core Definition: Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union

On 1 January 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became member states of the European Union (EU) in the fifth wave of EU enlargement.

Bulgaria and Romania did not have a referendum related to European Union accession.

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👉 Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in the context of Cyrillic script

The Cyrillic script (/sɪˈrɪlɪk/ sih-RI-lik) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, North Asia, and East Asia, and used by many other minority languages.

As of 2019, around 250 million people in Eurasia use Cyrillic as the official script for their national languages, with Russia accounting for about half of them. With the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in 2007, Cyrillic became the third official script of the European Union, following the Latin and Greek alphabets.

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⭐ Core Definition: Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union
👉 Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union in the context of Cyrillic script