The EU officially came into existence in 1993, so the existing members of the European Community, which were France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain and Portugal all automatically became members. No other new countries joined in 1993.
Actually, it was in 2004. The following countries joined the EU.CyprusCzech RepublicHungaryEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaMaltaPolandSloveniaSlovakia
No Eastern European countries were members of the European Union in 1993. The EU did not expand to the east until 2004 when nine Eastern European countries (with one Western European nation) joined the EU.
No countries joined the EU in 2008. 10 countries joined in 2004. See the related question below.
In 1993, when the EU was formed the Chancellor of Germany was Helmut Kohl
Only two countries joined in 1986. They were Spain and Portugal.
Two countries joined in 1986. They were Spain and Portugal.
No countries joined the EU in 2009. You cannot say what the previous three were as two joined at the same time in 2007 and ten joined at the same time in 2004.
Both countries joined in 2007.
No. A Communist country would not fit in at all and would not be admitted to the EU.
13 countries have joined since 2002. Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary all joined in 2004. Romania and Bulgaria joined in 2007. Croatia joined in 2013.
There were never 26 countries in the EU. In 2007 Bulgaria and Romania joined at the same time, bringing the total from 25 directly to 27.
They joined the EU in 2004 on the 1st of may. Since then they have been added to the list of EU countries.