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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.
Enlargement happens when new countries join the European Union. This has taken place several times in the EU’s history, each time transforming both the EU and the countries that join.
There are currently nine states recognized as candidates for membership of the European Union: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. [1] .
5 sty 2004 · Ten new countries join the EU: Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. This was the largest single enlargement in terms of people, and number of countries.
The Enlargement of the Union. On 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th (now 27th) Member State of the European Union. Since then, no other countries have joined the EU, and the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020. Accession negotiations and chapters have been opened with Montenegro, Serbia and Türkiye. Albania and North Macedonia opened accession ...
30 kwi 2024 · Today there are 27 countries in the EU. © Belgian presidency. This year, the European Union celebrates the 20th anniversary of its largest enlargement. On 1 May 2004, ten countries joined the EU, including eight from Central and Eastern Europe.
Who has joined the EU so far? Foundation of the European Community (EC) (date of accession: 1958) Merger signed: 1965 entered into force: 1967. First enlargement (date of accession: 1973) Greece joins (date of accession: 1981) Iberian enlargement (date of accession: 1986) SEA signed: 1986 entered into force: 1987.
