Photo journal: A family joins the EU

Peteris Sarkans is a 20-year-old management student who also works as a freight driver:

The EU will bring more opportunities. I don't want to run away from Latvia but I might consider studying or working abroad in the future.

I see many immediate negative sides to the EU. We are told salaries will go up with prices, yet we see prices rising and salaries staying the same. Local producers have to follow EU standards and this makes life harder for them and their employees.