Question

How did the collapse of communism affect the European Union?

Answer 1

It destabilized Yugoslavia's government, heightening ethnic tensions and leading to the breakup of the country.

Answer 2

The collapse of communism greatly affect the European Union in that many of the countries that had been under control of communist Russia were new free to forge their own economic path, and many of them applied to join the European Union in order to guard their well-being after 1993.