European Union Member States

Current members

• Austria (1995)
• Belgium (founding member: 1952/58)
• Cyprus (2004)
• Czech Republic (2004)
• Denmark (1973)
• Estonia (2004)
• Finland (1995)
• France (founding member: 1952/58)
• Germany (founding member: 1952/58)
• Greece (1981)
• Hungary (2004)
• Ireland (1973)
• Italy (founding member: 1952/58)
• Latvia (2004)
• Lithuania (2004)
• Luxembourg (founding member: 1952/58)
• Malta (2004)
• The Netherlands (founding member: 1952/58)
• Poland (2004)
• Portugal (1986)
• Slovakia (2004)
• Slovenia (2004)
• Spain (1986)
• Sweden (1995)
• United Kingdom (1973)

Future and prospective members

Acceding nations

• 1995, Bulgaria, completed negotiations, set for membership in 2007.
• 1995, Romania, completed negotiations, set for membership in 2007.

Candidate nations

• 1987, Turkey, expected to start negotiations in October 2005. (EU-Turkey Customs Union is in force since 1995)
• 2003, Croatia, was set to start negotiations in March 2005, but they have been postponed.
• 2004, Republic of Macedonia, currently in procedure to be recognized as a candidate country by EU institutions.

Other nations and special member state territories

• Technically speaking, Switzerland also has a long-standing EU membership application, but the country has shown no interest in furthering the application, so it has been left to 'lie on the table'.
• Norway has previously submitted applications, but twice rejected membership in referenda.
• For information about EU territories and dependents outside continental Europe, see Special member state territories and their relations with the EU.

Maps

See also

• List of European Union pages
• European Union Statistics

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
theosis 1996 governor general's awards denis thatcher harpercollins merriam webster sharon butala sjambok david carpenter sim (pencil game) carbonation council	chandler motor car boxer (dog) dickinsonia council house phil mcgraw lewisham mill hill school housing association dna computing collective bargaining constantine vi	magic: the gathering storylines gillian chan mutual gains bargaining operation rot fall blau leo vi alexander iii (emperor) almost locomobile morrowind well defined	lesley choyce transhumanist socialism austin clarke francis rogallo constantine vii eurovision young dancers competition 1989 fm dx factor analysis camarilla cabiria tenderize