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  2. 1995 enlargement of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    Sweden (application submitted in July 1991) - 52.8% in favour (13 November 1994); Norway (application submitted in December 1992) - 47.8% in favour (28 November 1994) Austria, Finland and Sweden became EU members on 1 January 1995. Sweden held its elections to the European Parliament for its MEPs later that year on 17 September. The following ...

  3. Member state of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Enlargement of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    The territories of the member states of the European Union (European Communities pre-1993), animated in order of accession. Territories outside Europe and its immediate surroundings are not shown. The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union.

  5. Foreign relations of Sweden - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Copenhagen criteria - Wikipedia

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    Article 49 (formerly Article O) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) [4] or Maastricht Treaty states that any European country that respects the principles of the EU may apply to join. Countries' classification as European is "subject to political assessment" [5] by the Commission and, more importantly, the European Council.

  7. List of European Union member states by political system

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    The European Union (EU) is a sui generis supranational union of states. At a European Council Summit held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 June and 22 June 1993, [2] the European Union defined the Copenhagen criteria regarding the conditions a candidate country has to fulfill to be considered eligible for accession to the European Union:

  8. History of the European Communities (1973–1993) - Wikipedia

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    On 1 January 1973, Denmark, Ireland, and the United Kingdom became the first countries to join the Communities. The détente allowed initiation of the reunification of the continent through establishing the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe .

  9. 2004 enlargement of the European Union - Wikipedia

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    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.