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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.
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 [update] , Kosovo was not recognised by fellow Western Balkan applicant Serbia and existing EU members Spain , Slovakia , Cyprus , Romania , and Greece .
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.
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 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 Treaty of Accession 2003 was the agreement between the member states of the European Union and ten countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia), concerning these countries' accession into the EU (see 2004 enlargement of the European Union).
The European Commission has warned Slovakia that it will launch immediate legal action if the government pushes ahead with a proposed law requiring NGOs that receive funding from abroad to label ...
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.