Which countries are members of the EU and when did they become members? / EU-Oplysningen

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Which countries are members of the EU and when did they become members?

The EU currently consists of the twenty-seven Member States listed below. The year in which they became Member States is shown to the right.

EU Member States
Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg	1952
Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom	1973
Greece	1981
Spain and Portugal	1986
Austria, Finland and Sweden	1995
The Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia	2004
Bulgaria and Romania	2007

Accession negotiations with Croatia and Turkey were opened in October 2005. Furthermore Macedonia (FYROM) has applied for EU membership.

‘The forgotten enlargement’
When East and West Germany were reunited with effect from 3 October 1990, the former East Germany became part of the EC since West Germany was already a Member State of the EC. This is also referred to as the ‘forgotten enlargement’, since in effect it brought around 20 million new citizens into the EU.

Sidst opdateret: 30-07-2008 - ANSJ

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