A few days before the crucial birth-day of the EU enlargement (May 1), the Greek population of Cyprus voted against the "fusion" with the Turkish side of the island. By this, they basically excluded the Turkish Cyprus from the European Union. Paradoxically, this ended up approaching the Cyprian Turkish people to Europe (EU foreign ministers decided to help the Turkish side with 259 million Euros, and a partial suspension of the embargo).
Tomorrow, Le Monde will publish a special 20-page issue ("L'Europe, un continent neuf") dedicated to the enlargement. I hope it will be available online.
For us, the "old" Europeans, all this is a big deal. Can you imagine? 25 members, 188 regions, 450 million citizens, and 20 languages...
Being a "European citizen" is much more exiting than being just an Italian one!