1958 - Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands
1973 - Denmark, Ireland, UK
1981 - Greece
1986 - Portugal, Spain
1995 - Austria, Finland, Sweden
2004 - Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia
2007 - Romania, Bulgaria
Belgium was one of the founder members, in 1957.
Before joining, new members of the EU must accept existing policies, laws, and values that the EU has. Source: "World Studies: Europe and Russia". This is my textbook for geography.
Luxembourg was one of the founding members of the EEC, in 1957. The EEC became the EU on November 1st of 1993.
No, The Government was basically told, if your part of Europe you should join the EU and our Media went all crazy saying how great being in the EU was and the government decided to Join , Simple as.
Monaco did not join the EU.
The EU is just the European Union. Any countries of Europe can apply to receive EU membership if they qualify. The EU (or Euro) zone is the collection of member countries which share the currency the Euro. The Euro is now compulsory for all EU members, except the UK and Denmark which have opted out but may join in the future.
The Netherlands was one of the founding members of the EEC, in 1957. The EEC became the EU on November 1st of 1993.
The EU is not anywhere. It is an organisation, not a place. It is an organisation that has 28 different countries as members, all from Europe. The countries in Europe that are members of the EU are:GermanyFranceUKIrelandSpainItalyBelgiumNetherlandsLuxembourgAustriaHungarySwedenFinlandDenmarkEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaPolandGreeceRomaniaBulgariaCyprusCzech RepublicMaltaPortugalSlovakiaSloveniaCroatia
yes anyone can join the eu, not just the countries in Europe. if you look at history of eu Greenland was once a member and that was in Americas (well just off) XDAnswer 2No. To join the EU a country must satisfy the requirements if the EU.It must be a European country.It must be a democratic country.It must agree to join the EU customs union. I.e. no customs duties between the country and the other countries of the EU. And no customs checks at EU internal borders.It must agree to the EU rules on freedom of movement. I.e. all citizens of all EU countries have equal rights to live and work in all EU countries.It must agree to EU principles of Human Rights.
Yes, Malta is a member country of the EU. Here is a list of current members: http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm
As of 2012, the EU currently has 27 members: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom The 28th member, Croatia, due to join on 1st July 2013. All other countries in the world are not members of the EU.
No. It was one of the first members. Croatia joined on the 1st of July 2013 and it is the newest member.