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Both countries are full members of the European Union, NATO, and the Council of Europe. Romania: 1 November 1916: Romania has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Bucharest. Sweden joined the European Union as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Romania joined on 1 January 2007. Both countries are members of the European Union ...
A non-binding referendum on membership for the European Union was held in Sweden on 13 November 1994. [1] 53% of voters voted in favour, with a turnout of 83%.[1]Among the political parties, the Social Democrats , the Center Party , the Christian Democrats , the Moderates and the People's Party officially supported membership, while the Left Party and the Green Party were opposed.
Northernmost point in the European Union, located at Utsjoki, Finland (Note that the precise northernmost point is located around 100 metres from this monument) The impact of the 1995 enlargement was smaller than most as the members were wealthy and already culturally aligned with existing members.
The fifth national referendum, concerning the membership of Sweden in the European Union (EU), was held on 13 November 1994. Voter turnout was 83.3%, and the result was 52.3% in favor of membership and 46.8% against. 0.9% were blank votes.
The Swedish European Union membership referendum of 1994 approved—with a 52% majority—the Accession Treaty [40] and in 1995 Sweden joined the EU. According to the treaty Sweden is obliged to adopt the euro once it meets convergence criteria.
According to the EU treaties, membership of the European Union is open to "any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them" (TEU Article 49). Those Article 2 values are "respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the ...
Pages in category "Sweden and the European Union" ... 0–9. 1994 Swedish European Union membership referendum; 1995 enlargement of the European Union;
1992 – Maastricht Treaty formally called the Treaty on European Union - The European Union is born and Euro was introduced as the fellow currency (Denmark and the UK are not included in the EMU (European Monetary Union)). 1993 – Copenhagen criteria defined; 1995 – Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; Schengen area established