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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.
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.
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 ...
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
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.
Pages in category "Sweden and the European Union" ... 0–9. 1994 Swedish European Union membership referendum; 1995 enlargement of the European Union;
The Swedish handover of documents is expected to take place at a ceremony in Washington later on Thursday. Sweden will immediately become NATO's 32nd member when it deposits the formal documentation.
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 ...