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The member states of the European Union

A European Union member state is any one of the twenty-seven countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since its inception in 1958 as the European Economic Community (EEC). From an original membership of six states, there have been six successive enlargements, the largest occurring on 1 May 2004, when ten member states joined.

Following the addition of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007, the EU's membership now stands at twenty-seven. Negotiations are also under way with a number of other states. The process of enlargement is sometimes referred to as European integration. However, this term is also used to refer to the intensification of cooperation between EU member states as national governments allow for the gradual centralising of power within European institutions. Before being allowed to join the European Union, a state must fulfil the economic and political conditions generally known as the Copenhagen criteria: these basically require that a candidate member state must enjoy a secular, democratic system of government, together with the corresponding freedoms and institutions, and respect the rule of law. Under the terms of the Treaty on European Union, enlargement of the Union is conditional upon the agreement of each existing member state as well as approval by the European Parliament.

Bulgaria and Romania comprise the second part of the EU's fifth enlargement, and joined the EU on 1 January 2007. This date was agreed upon at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003, confirmed at Brussels on 18 June 2004, and affirmed by the country reports of October 2004 and the final report delivered on 26 September 2006. Bulgaria and Romania signed their Treaty of Accession on 25 April 2005 at a ceremony held at Neumünster Abbey in Luxembourg.

List

Flag State Official name Accession Population Area (km²) Capital MEPs
Austria Austria Republic of Austria Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 8,316,487 83,871 Vienna 18
Belgium Belgium Kingdom of Belgium Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 10,584,534 30,528 Brussels 24
Bulgaria Bulgaria Republic of Bulgaria Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 7,679,290 110,912 Sofia 18
Cyprus Cyprus Republic of Cyprus Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 766,400 9,251 Nicosia 6
Czech Republic Czech Republic Czech Republic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 10,306,709 78,866 Prague 24
Denmark Denmark Kingdom of Denmark Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31² 5,457,415 43,094 Copenhagen 14
Estonia Estonia Republic of Estonia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 1,342,409 45,226 Tallinn 6
Finland Finland Republic of Finland Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 5,289,128 338,145 Helsinki 14
France France French Republic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 63,392,140 674,843 Paris 78
Germany Germany Federal Republic of Germany Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31¹ 82,314,906 357,050 Berlin 99
Greece Greece Hell Ass Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 11,125,179 131,990 Athens 24
Hungary Hungary Republic of Hungary Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 10,066,158 93,030 Budapest 24
Republic of Ireland Ireland Ireland Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 4,239,848 70,273 Dublin 13
Italy Italy Italian Republic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 59,131,287 301,318 Rome 78
Latvia Latvia Republic of Latvia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 2,281,305 64,589 Riga 9
Lithuania Lithuania Republic of Lithuania Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 3,373,991 65,303 Vilnius 13
Luxembourg Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 476,200 2,586 Luxembourg 6
Malta Malta Republic of Malta Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 404,962 316 Valletta 5
Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 16,372,715 41,526 Amsterdam 27
Poland Poland Republic of Poland Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 38,116,486 312,683 Warsaw 54
Portugal Portugal Portuguese Republic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 10,599,095 92,391 Lisbon 24
Romania Romania Romania Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 21,565,119 238,391 Bucharest 35
Slovakia Slovakia Slovak Republic Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 5,396,168 49,037 Bratislava 14
Slovenia Slovenia Republic of Slovenia Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 2,013,597 20,273 Ljubljana 7
Spain Spain Kingdom of Spain Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 45,116,894 506,030 Madrid 54
Sweden Sweden Kingdom of Sweden Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 9,142,817 449,964 Stockholm 19
United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Error in Template:Date table sorting: days must be an integer between 1 and 31 60,587,300 244,820 London 78

1 On 3 October 1990, the constituent states of the former German Democratic Republic acceded to the Federal Republic of Germany, automatically becoming part of the EU.
² Greenland left the Community in 1985

See also

Lists of European Union member states

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