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The European Economic Area (EEA) was established via the Agreement on the European Economic Area, [4] an international agreement which enables the extension of the European Union's single market to member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). [5]
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.
It was noteworthy that the Summit referred to "partners" rather than states: this reflects that Kosovo is only partially recognised as a state. [93] As of 2018, Kosovo was not recognised by fellow Western Balkan applicant Serbia and existing EU members Spain, Slovakia, Cyprus, Romania, and Greece.
The EU's two-day summit will not be able to sign off on multi-year plans for 50 billion euros in financial aid and up to 20 billion euros in military aid for Ukraine, as they are part of a broader ...
The 2003 European Council summit in Thessaloniki set the integration of the Western Balkans as a priority of EU expansion. Slovenia was the first former Yugoslav country to join the EU in 2004, followed by Croatia in 2013. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia have all been officially granted candidate status.
1 These countries are currently not participating in the EU's single market (EEA), but the EU has common external Customs Union agreements with Turkey (EU-Turkey Customs Union in force since 1995), Andorra (since 1991) and San Marino (since 2002). Monaco participates in the EU customs union through its relationship with France; its ports are ...
The special territories of members of the European Economic Area (EEA) are the 32 special territories of EU member states and EFTA member states which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special status within or outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association.
Opposition parties said on Tuesday they were initiating a no-confidence vote against Fico's leftist-nationalist government, accusing him of dragging the country's foreign policy closer to Russia ...