Maastrich economic criteria
Copenhagen criteria for new members.
more specifics (Entire treaties can be found here)
About human rights issues (Amsterdam treaty)
More about human rights and the EU
I don't have any statistics showing the percantage of US budget defecit so I can't be sure about it, but a quick opinion based upon scarse facts and much rumours and emotions makes me belive that the US don't meet many critera, am I worng? Perhaps...
And I do belive that Geo has a point there....
[ July 25, 2003, 19:03: Message edited by: Ruatha ]