Enlargement of the European Union

Bulgaria and Romania are currently scheduled to join the EU on January 1, 2007. This date was firmly set at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003 and confirmed at Brussels on June 18, 2004. The country reports of October 2004 also affirmed the January 1, 2007 date of accession for both Bulgaria and Romania. Bulgaria and Romania signed their Treaty of Accession on April 25, 2005 at Luxembourg's Neumuenster Abbey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acceding countries to the European Union"

The Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union is currently scheduled to take place on January 1, 2007. If the Bulgarian government doesn't manage to meet the conditions agreed with the EU the country will join the union one year later - in 2008. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union"

The Accession of Romania to the European Union is currently scheduled to take place on January 1, 2007. This date was firmly set at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003 and confirmed in Brussels on June 18, 2004. The country reports of October 2004 also affirmed the January 1, 2007 date of accession for both Bulgaria and Romania. Bulgaria and Romania signed their Treaty of Accession on April 25, 2005 at Luxembourg's Neumuenster Abbey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accession of Romania to the European Union"

Turkey's formal application to join the European Community—the organisation that has since developed into the European Union—was made on April 14, 1987. It was officially recognised as a candidate for membership on December 10, 1999 at the Helsinki summit of the European Council, having been an Associate Member since 1963. It started negotiations on October 3, 2005, a process that is likely to take at least a decade to complete. Its possible future accession is now the central controversy of the ongoing enlargement of the European Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accession of Turkey to the European Union"

The Copenhagen criteria are the rules that define whether a nation is eligible to join the European Union. The criteria require that a state have the institutions to preserve democratic governance and human rights, a functioning market economy, and that the state accept the obligations and intent of the EU. These membership criteria were laid down at the June 1993 European Council in Copenhagen, Denmark, from which they take their name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Copenhagen criteria"

The European Union (EU) was originally created by the six founding states in 1952, but has grown to its current size of 25 member states. There were five successive enlargements during this period, with the largest occurring on May 1, 2004, when 10 new member states joined. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enlargement of the European Union"

Iceland and the European Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iceland and the EU"

A referendum on whether Norway should join the European Community was held on 25 September 1972. After a long period of heated debate, the "No" side won with 53.5 per cent of the vote. Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli resigned as a result of the defeat. This was Norway's second attempt at becoming member, after having been rejected by France in 1962 and again temporarily in 1967, but the first attempt with a referendum on a set of fully negotiated accession terms. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norwegian EC referendum, 1972"

A referendum on whether Norway should join the European Union was held on 28 November 1994. After a long period of heated debate, the "No" side won with 52.2 per cent of the vote, on a turnout of 88.6 per cent. Membership of what was then the European Community had previously been rejected in a 1972 referendum, and by French Veto in 1962 and 1967. ...more on Wikipedia about "Norwegian EU referendum, 1994"

The PHARE programme is one of the three pre-accession instruments financed by the European Union to assist the applicant countries of Central and Eastern Europe in their preparations for joining the European Union. ...more on Wikipedia about "Poland and Hungary Assistance Reconstruction Economic"

1 German reunification in 1990 led to the inclusion of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic. This enlargement is not explicitly mentioned. Data for Germany in all tables is from 2004 statistics.
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