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The United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020, and did not nominate a commissioner when the Juncker Commission ended on 1 December 2019. Below is a list of all past and present European commissioners according to the member state they were nominated by, including the presidents of the European Coal and Steel Community and European Atomic ...
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament serving in the ninth term (2019–2024). It is sorted by list position or in cases of multiple constituencies, an English perception of surname treating all variations of de/di/do, van/von, Ó/Ní/Uí, and so forth as part of the collation key, even if this is not the normal practice in a member's own country.
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament serving in the tenth term (2024–2029). The term began on 16 July 2024. The term began on 16 July 2024. In the preceding European Parliament election , 720 MEPs were elected, up from 705 after reallocating seats which were freed up after Brexit .
In July 2023, Erdoğan brought up Turkey's accession to EU membership up in the context of Sweden's application for NATO membership. [85] However, in September 2023, he announced that the European Union was well into a rupture in its relations with Turkey and that they could part ways during Turkey's European Union membership process. [86]
The Schengen area now covers 25 of the 27 EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Ireland and Cyprus are not members of the Schengen zone.
In 2007 he welcomed the United Nations proposal on Kosovo by Martti Ahtisaari which advocated for near-independence to the region and separate accession negotiations with the European Union. The then-commissioner had also been involved in the reunification of Cyprus , bringing Northern Cyprus to the European Union.
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.
Leaders who have been members of the European Council for more than 10 years # Member Position State Membership Last affiliation 1 Jean-Claude Juncker: Prime Minister Luxembourg: 20 January 1995 – 4 December 2013: 18 years, 318 days EPP: Commission President European Union: 1 November 2014 – 30 November 2019: 5 years, 29 days 23 years, 347 ...