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To join the EU, each applicant must satisfy certain economic and political conditions (the so-called Copenhagen criteria):

1）Stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights, and respect for and protection of minorities;

2）The existence of a functioning market economy as well as the capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the Union; and

3）The ability to take on the obligations of membership including adherence to the aims of political, economic and monetary union.

The main idea of the paragraph

There are three economic and political criteria (the Copenhagen accession criteria) that the candidates must satisfy before they are accepted as members

有三个经济和政治方面的标准，即哥本哈根入盟标准，申请国必须先满足这三个标准才会被接纳为成员国。

词语解释

1、 the rule of law

　　a situation in which the laws of a country are obeyed 法治

　　compare the rule of man

　　a situation in which the orders of the officials rather than the laws of the country are obeyed 人治

2、market forces

　　the forces that allocate the resources (labor, raw materials, capital) to where there is the best return, whose role is realized through competition in the marketplace in the form of prices 市场力

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