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Tomorrow ten new countries are going to join European Union. Estonia is one of them. Thirteen years ago Estonia sang itself free from the Soviet Union. There has probably never been that kind of national unifying-feeling before and after than it was in the years 1988-1991 in my homeland.
Then lots of things started to happen: own constitution, own governmental system and free elections, own money, own foreign policy and finally negotiations with NATO and EU to become a member of those organisations.
These last 13 years were the times of economical and infrastructural growth; the times of mistakes and hard lessons, but also of positive recognition from other countries; the times of efforts for integration, but also struggles to preserve the Estonian identity.
This road is now walked down to its end. Estonia is a stable well-doing democratic country. Tomorrow, the blue-black-white flag will flap next to the other 24 in front of the EU headquarter in Brussels. Let's have today a nostalgic party of the last day as an outsider - those times won't come back.
