(They are strongly opposed by Holland, the Scandinavian countries, and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe, which are familiar with communist repression.)

There are, of course, similarities and differences between the former communist countries and Iraq.

Importing laws and legal standards has dominated attempts by former communist countries to join the West.

Europe s former communist countries can make a special contribution to the process of transition across North Africa.

Foreign direct investment in 1991 2001 averaged 1,400 per capita in the eight former communist EU candidate countries.

And the trend extends beyond the former communist countries to include, for example, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Today, our so called revolution is still viewed differently than those that took place in other former communist countries.

The former communist world made those choices 20 years ago.

In Eastern Europe, former communist countries applying for European Union membership must harmonize their laws with those of the EU.

Eight of the new members are former Communist countries that were locked behind the Iron Curtain for nearly half a century.

This is the third edition of this summit, during which 16 leaders from former communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe and communist leaders from China meet to discuss economic collaboration.

Yet France and Germany, with Britain and Italy not far behind, say such criticism is outdated. (They are strongly opposed by Holland, the Scandinavian countries, and the former Communist countries of Eastern Europe, which are familiar with communist repression.)

Poland's president, who defeated Lech Walesa at the polls, is a former communist.

Today, ten former communist nations are fully integrated members of the European Union.

But, in the former communist bloc, the benefits brought by transparency have been undeniable.

The EU's historic decision to admit eight former communist countries as members must not be create a new division between Eurasia's haves and have nots.

My hosts were former communist leaders who were now more or less democratically elected presidents.

So, at last former Chinese Premier and Communist Party General Secretary Zhao Ziyang has died.

Germany primarily reacted to low wage competition from ex communist countries.

Foreign direct investment in 1991 2001 averaged 1,400 per capita in the eight former communist EU candidate countries. It was only 198 per capita in the CIS.

And the blue former developing countries are mixing up with the former industrialized western world.

No limits were ever imposed on players movements, except by Communist countries.

Both men are former first secretaries of the Communist Youth League, one of Hu s major power bases.

The EU demonstrated that sense powerfully by its assistance to Europe s post Communist countries.

In many respects, the former Soviet republics are less well placed than their former communist neighbours to the West to cope with the transition to a market economy.

Do the post communist candidate countries share the OCA properties required for successful EMU membership?

The IMF has no special expertise in the transition societies of the former communist world, or in African economic development.

Indeed, it has been 20 years since the former communist countries of Eastern Europe rejoined the world of market exchange, a step taken as early as 1946 by social democrats around the world.

But the magnitude of the economic costs should not be exaggerated after all, the aggregate GNP of the 10 applicant countries from the former communist bloc is smaller than the GNP of Holland!

He has nothing to do with the communist era and has sacked all former Party members from important positions, even barring former Prime Minister Leszek Miller from standing for parliament.

The Chinese Communist Party is not very communist any more.

I am not communist, but I am not anti communist.

Also with the agency operate representative offices in countries of the former USSR.

I'm a communist.

I'm a communist.

Preparations for EU entry strongly motivated the eight former communist Central European states to entrench or restore democratic institutions and market economies.

Karol Cariola ( Karolcariola) , former president of the FEC (Federation of Students at the University of Concepcion) and leader of the communist youth

I established Open Society Foundations in all the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Those of us who live in Europe s new post communist democracies experienced similar political deals when we lived behind the former Iron Curtain.

Officially, China remains Communist.

He was a communist.

Tom is a communist.

Tom isn't a communist.

Tomaszewski was and remains a brave man from the former opposition and the probability that he collaborated with the communist secret services seem small.

While other Poles demanded vengeful rough justice against the Communist rulers and their accomplices, Michnik counseled negotiation, compromise, and reconciliation, even with former oppressors.