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Sweden joined the European Union as a full member on 1 January 1995, while Lithuania joined on 1 May 2004. Both countries are members of the European Union and NATO. Moldova: 12 June 1992: See Moldova–Sweden relations. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 12 June 1992. [193] Sweden is one of Moldova's top donors.
A map showing European membership of the EU and NATO. Blue: both, yellow: EU only, black: NATO only. ... Cyprus–NATO relations; European Union; ... Sweden–NATO ...
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.
The European Union's member-states retain close links with many of their former colonies and since the Treaty of Rome there has been a relationship between the Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the form of ACP-EU Development Cooperation including a joint parliamentary assembly.
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.
Finnish and Swedish membership of NATO would redraw the geopolitical map of northern Europe and create a largely unbroken ribbon of member states facing Russia from the Arctic to the Black Sea.
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.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that Sweden's membership in the alliance was within reach after a meeting in Brussels to overcome Turkish objections. Stoltenberg said ...