Polish Prime Minister Lezsek Miller resigned one day after his country's official admission to the EU. Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla was forced to resign by his own party several weeks later.
毫不奇怪，加入欧盟后，政治家们握在一起的手松开了，冲突开始成为核心问题。波兰总理米勒在波兰加入欧盟的第二天就递交了辞呈。捷克总理弗拉迪米尔·什皮德拉在几个星期后被他自己的政党强迫辞职。匈牙利总理彼德梅杰司在8月下旬被踢出政坛。