In this study, the author, Marius Tărîţă (State Institute of the Studies in International Relations), analyses the way of Romania to the European Union (1999-2004). A special attention was paid to the last year of the negotiation – 2004. The position of Romania was more flexible than that of Poland in 2003, and in consequence there were imposed difficult conditions for the Romanian government and the Romanian economy (reduction of the production in hard industry etc.). Some important events also passed in 2005. The process also was interesting from the technical point of view. How Romanian negotiators had to play between the criticism of the European Commission, European Parliament, the officials of France and Germany and the media.