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The largest enlargement of the European Union (EU), in terms of number of states and population, took place on 1 May 2004. The simultaneous accessions concerned the following countries (sometimes referred to as the "A10" countries [1][2]): Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
Join us for a look at EU history in the context of the 20th anniversary of the Polish accession with Jan Zielonka, Professor of European Politics at Oxford U...
2004: Europe's largest enlargement. 2004 saw the largest number of countries vote in an EU election, with 10 new countries taking part: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The EU had a lot on its agenda.
20th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement of the European Union. On May 1, 2004, ten new member states joined the European Union, marking the largest enlargement in terms of people and number of countries in the EU's history.
26 kwi 2024 · On 1 May 2004, the enlargement integrated over 74 million citizens into the EU and shifted its external borders significantly eastward. The EU now had 25 member states, close to 459 million citizens, and a share of over 21% of global GDP (based on purchasing power parities).
Campione d'Italia joined the EU Customs Union in 2020. The most notable territorial reductions of the EU, and its predecessors, have been the exit of Algeria upon independence in 1962, the exit of Greenland in 1985, and the withdrawal of the United Kingdom in 2020.
2 maj 2024 · Enlargement is the process whereby states join the European Union, after they have fulfilled a set of political and economic conditions. The process is a geostrategic investment in peace, security, stability and prosperity.
