Bulgaria and Romania in the EU

Debating Bulgaria Romania Europe www.debatingeurope.eu A and in the EU 1 January 2007 1 January 2014 Bulgaria and Romania join the EU July 2013 Expected end of work restrictions for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens in the EU Work restrictions are still in force in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain (only for Romanian nationals), UK GDP per capita iigiiest Unemployment rate expressed in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS) as a % of EU-27 average, EU-27, 2012 hiigiest Iowest 2012 EU-27 AVERAGE 12.3% Iowest 47% 49% 7.0% LU AT IE NL SE BG RO LV HU PL ES EL PT BG RO NL LU AT Trade, transport & communication Construction 2001 2012 of all 2,874,000 7% non-nationals living in the EU Romanian and Bulgarian nationals residing in other EU countries, 2010 The largest sectors of employment for Romanian and Bulgarian nationals working in other EU Romanians living in other EU countries countries People at risk of poverty or social exclusion EU-27, % of total population, 2011 Iowest iigirest 15.3% 15.7% 16.1% 24.2% 49.1% 40.3% 40.4% Czech Republic Netherlands Sweden EU-27 BULGARIA ROMANIA Latvia 87% 17% 76% Percentage of Bulgarians who feel their judiciary Percentage of Bulgarians that admit paying Percentage of Romanians and Bulgarians who is corrupt or extremely corrupt a bribe to the police in the last 12 months feel politicians are corrupt or extremely corrupt Sources: EC, Eurostat, CEPS, Transparency International. July 2013.