> That is actually one thing which worries me...

Well it shouldn't worry you too much. The recent Irish referendum failed to ratify the Treaty of Nice (by about 70% majority), so it can't happen until Brussels find a new way to trample roughshod over the democratic rights of member states. And they're trying, believe me.

> ...namely a premature acceptance of "Eastern European" (you know who they are, so we don't need to cook up some accurate yet PC term) countries into the EU.

Why would we need a PC term? We're talking about countries in the eastern part of Europe. It's no more offensive than, say, "The North Eastern Seaboard", or "The South of France".

> * For those who may not know, the Schengen agreement means that citizens in one Schengen signee (term?) can travel without passports within the countries who have signed the agreement. The swedish papers were recently full of statistics on smuggling, and there were preliminary trends ...

"Signee" is probably acceptable. "Signatory" is the one that comes to mind though.

winter"The Schengen agreement is one I missed. Must look into it..."mute