European Commission President Romano Prodi (L) claps with Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop during a ceremony celebrating Slovenia's entry into the European Union in Nova Gorica, Slovenia April 30, 2004. Residents of this small town straddling the Slovenian-Italian border don't know whether to laugh or cry about European Union enlargement, which is supposed to tear down borders between east and west. REUTERS/Tony Gentile TG/GB