Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
This document details the terms and conditions of the country's EU membership. The accession treaty must then be approved by the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament before being signed and ratified by all EU Member States and the candidate country.
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Enlargement of 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.
EP becomes equal as lawmaker with the Council in several important areas: setting the EU budget, agriculture policy and justice and home affairs. Parliament has the right to appoint the President of the Commission, based on proposal from the Council, taking the results of EP elections into account. European Parliament. European Commission.
Accession negotiations and chapters have been opened with Montenegro, Serbia and Türkiye. Albania and North Macedonia opened accession negotiations in July 2022, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in March 2024. Kosovo submitted its application for EU membership in December 2022.
Largest enlargement so far. Ten new countries join the EU: Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. This was the largest single enlargement in terms of people, and number of countries. Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
Any European country can apply for membership if it respects the EU's democratic values and is committed to promoting them. A country can only join if it meets all the membership criteria. How does it work? There are 3 main stages subject to approval by all EU countries.
13 Μαΐ 2024 · The accession criteria, or Copenhagen criteria (named after the 1993 Copenhagen European Council meeting which defined them), are the essential conditions all candidate countries must satisfy to become an EU member state. These are:
