The three countries are Croatia, Macedonia and Turkey are official candidates to join the EU. Two did get their candidacy accepted. Macedonia is waiting for acceptance.
There are 27 EU countries.
The fact that Germany is a part of EU means that it has no barriers inside the eurozone. However, there is a Common External Tariff that is applied for all EU countries towards outside countries (notably agricultural tariffs)
There are no Asian countries in the EU.
Three countries joined the EU in 1995: Austria, Finland, and Sweden.
Since the end of the Cold War, a large number of countries - mostly formerly communist countries - have applied to be members of the EU. This process of admitting new members is what is meant by the term "enlargement". It is controversial for a number of reasons. Different countries have internal debates over whether they should be members of the EU. And EU member states worry that the Union might be getting too big and clunky to operate effectively.
Actually, it was in 2004. The following countries joined the EU.CyprusCzech RepublicHungaryEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaMaltaPolandSloveniaSlovakia
Macedonia is not a member of the EU, but has applied to join.
the following points are advantages for living in the EU * the countries in the EU work together. * there are no wars between the EU countries. * all EU countries aggred to a set of rules for shops.
the membership in the EU is increasing as the numbers of countries within the EU have gone from 1 to 27
As Bulgaria is a member of EU, Bulgarians freely move and pass though EU countries
The money is paid by the taxpayers of other EU countries.
The EU is an organisation, not a nation. As of 2015, it has 28 independent countries that are members of it.