Why Should Greece Join The European Union?

Introduction
The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union that currently has twenty-eight member states, almost all of which share the same currency, the Euro. The main purpose of the EU is to provide unity and harmony in social and political matters for its members. In order for a country to be accepted to the EU, there are certain standards that have to be met, known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’. In 1981, Greece became the 10th country to join the European Union. Though, Greece’s entry to the EU is questionable as to why it was approved since it did not meet all the requirements that were requested for a membership in the European Union.
The central research question of this paper is: What were the reasons behind (underlying) Greece’s
37). The second criterion is that the country should have a functioning market economy that would have the ability to survive in a competitive market, or if that is not possible then the country should at least be capable of making some adjustments to its economy. Last but not least, the third and equally important criterion is that the candidate country should be able to undertake all the administrative requirements that come along with the
However, the fact that Greece was poorer than other countries in Europe played an equally important role. The European communities were mainly constituted by richer countries with a good economy, which portrayed the picture of an exclusive organization that had its main interests in economic benefits. Therefore, by accepting a country such as Greece, meant that the organization was more concerned with realizing the dream of a united Europe than with the economic status of its members, changing in a way the character of the