European Union
Description:
The European Union (EU) was established in 1992 by the Treaty on European Union (The Maastricht Treaty). Currently the EU has 27 Members and three countries are still candidate for obtaining the membership. Listed in chronological order, the members are:
| Year | History of European Union membership | No. |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Belgium,France,West Germany Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands |
6 |
| 1973 | Denmark, Ireland, United Kingdom | 9 |
| 1981 | Greece | 10 |
| 1986 | Portugal, Spain | 12 |
| 1995 | Austria, Finland, Sweden | 15 |
| 2004 | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia |
25 |
| 2007 | Bulgaria, Romania | 27 |