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|+ Applications for accession to the European Union*
 
|+ Applications for accession to the European Union*
 
! Applicant !! Issued !! style="line-height:90%" | Accession/<br />failure rationale
 
! Applicant !! Issued !! style="line-height:90%" | Accession/<br />failure rationale
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Albania]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Albania}} [[Accession of Albania to the European Union|Albania]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 28 April 2009
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 2009-04-28
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#F5FFFA" | ''(not yet official candidate)''
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#87CEEB" | ''Negotiating''<ref>{{cite web|title=EU candidate status for Albania|url=http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-439_en.htm|publisher=[[European Commission]]|date=2014-06-24|accessdate=2014-06-27}}</ref>
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Austria]]  
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Accession of Austria to the European Union|Austria]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 17 July 1989
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1989-07-17
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1995-01-01
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Belgium]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Belgium|state}} [[Inner Six|Belgium]]
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 23 July 1952
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1952-07-23
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Bulgaria]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union|Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 14 December 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | 2016-02-15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.eu2016.nl/latest/news/2016/02/15/bosnia-and-herzegovina-applied-for-eu-membership-today |title=Bosnia and Herzegovina applied for EU membership today |publisher=The Netherlands EU Presidency 2016|date=15 February 2016 |accessdate=15 February 2016}}</ref>
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 2007
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FBB917" | ''Potential candidate''<ref name="Enlargement">{{cite web|url=https://ec.europa.eu/neighbourhood-enlargement/countries/check-current-status_en|title=Check current status|last=Anonymous|date=6 December 2016|website=European Neighbourhood Policy And Enlargement Negotiations - European Commission|accessdate=7 May 2019}}</ref>
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Croatia]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union|Bulgaria]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 21 February 2003
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1995-12-14
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#99FFFF" | ''acceding''
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2007-01-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Cyprus]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Accession of Croatia to the European Union|Croatia]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 3 July 1990
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 2003-02-21
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2013-07-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Czech Republic]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Accession of Cyprus to the European Union|Cyprus]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 17 January 1996
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1990-07-03
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" | [[Denmark]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Accession of Czech Republic to the European Union|Czech Republic]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 10 August 1961
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1996-01-17
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
<div class="NavHead" style="background:none; font-weight:normal">Details{{spaces|5}}</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none; line-height: 0.8em; text-align:left">
 
Withdrawn due to <br />veto on UK
 
</div></div></div>
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 11 May 1967
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" |  {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Accession of Denmark to the European Union|Denmark]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1973
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1961-08-10
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal;  padding-right:3em;|Withdrawn|due to veto<br />of UK application}}
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Estonia]]
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1967-05-11
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 24 November 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1973-01-01
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
 
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Finland]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Accession of Estonia to the European Union|Estonia]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 18 March 1992
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1995-11-24
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[France]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Finland}} [[Accession of Finland to the European Union|Finland]]
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1992-03-18
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1995-01-01
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" |  {{flagicon|France}} [[Inner Six|France]]
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 23 July 1952
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1952-07-23
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[West Germany|Germany, W.]]<ref>On 3 October 1990, [[East Germany]] joined [[West Germany]] through the process of [[German reunification]]; since then, the reunited [[Germany]] has been a single member state.</ref>
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Inner Six|West Germany]]<ref>On 3 October 1990, [[East Germany]] joined [[West Germany]] through the process of [[German reunification]]; since then, the reunited [[Germany]] has been a single member state.</ref>
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 23 July 1952
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1952-07-23
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Greece]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Accession of Greece to the European Union|Greece]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 12 June 1975
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1975-06-12
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1981
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1981-01-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Hungary]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Hungary}} [[Accession of Hungary to the European Union|Hungary]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 31 March 1994
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1994-03-31
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Iceland]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Accession of Iceland to the European Union|Iceland]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 17 July 2009
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 2009-07-17
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFFFBB" | ''negotiating''
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7;" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal;  padding-right:3em;|Frozen|due to<br/>[[2013 Icelandic parliamentary election|election of new government]]<ref>[[RÚV]], [http://ruv.is/frett/umsoknin-ekki-formlega-dregin-til-baka  Application not formally withdrawn]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.de/iceland-withdraws-eu-accession-bid/a-18313183|title=Iceland withdraws EU accession bid|date=2015-03-12|accessdate=2015-03-12|publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Iceland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs | title=Minister Sveinsson meets with Stefan Füle| date=2013-06-13 | url=http://eu.mfa.is/other/news/nr/7711 | accessdate=2013-06-19 }}</ref>}}
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" | [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Accession of Ireland to the European Union|Ireland]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 31 July 1961
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1961-07-31
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em;|Withdrawn|due to veto<br />of UK application}}
<div class="NavHead" style="background:none; font-weight:normal">Details{{spaces|5}}</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none; line-height: 0.8em; text-align:left">
 
Withdrawn due to <br />veto on UK
 
</div></div></div>
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 11 May 1967
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1967-05-11
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1973
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1973-01-01
 
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|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Italy]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Inner Six|Italy]]
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 23 July 1952
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1952-07-23
 
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|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Latvia]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Kosovo}} [[Accession of Kosovo to the European Union|Kosovo]]*<ref name="Kosovo">Referred to as "Kosovo*" by the EU</ref><ref name="European Commission">{{cite news|url=http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/instruments/funding-by-country/kosovo/index_en.htm|work=European Commission|title=European Commission- Enlargement- Kosovo*|date=28 June 2013|accessdate=28 June 2013}}</ref>
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 13 September 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" |
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FBB917" | ''Potential candidate''<ref name="Enlargement"/>
 
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|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Lithuania]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Latvia}} [[Accession of Latvia to the European Union|Latvia]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 8 December 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1995-09-13
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
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|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Luxembourg]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[Accession of Lithuania to the European Union|Lithuania]]
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1995-12-08
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Luxembourg}} [[Inner Six|Luxembourg]]
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 23 July 1952
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1952-07-23
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]<ref name="Macedonia">Referred to as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" by the EU</ref>
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|Malta}} [[Accession of Malta to the European Union|Malta]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 22 March 2004
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" rowspan="2" | 1990-07-16
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFEFD5" | ''official candidate''
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7;" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal;  padding-right:3em;|Frozen|due to<br/>[[1996 Maltese general election|election of new government]]<br/>in October 1996.<br/>Resumed following another<br/>[[1998 Maltese general election|election of a new government]]<br/>in September 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/malta/abc/malta_eu/chronology/index_en.htm |title=Chronology |publisher=[[European Commission]] |accessdate=2014-03-09}}</ref>}}
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Malta]]
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 3 July 1990
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
 
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Montenegro]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Montenegro}} [[Accession of Montenegro to the European Union|Montenegro]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 15 December 2008
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 2008-12-15
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFEFD5" | ''official candidate''
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#87CEEB;" | ''Negotiating''<ref name="Enlargement"/>
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Morocco]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Accession of Morocco to the European Union|Morocco]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 20 July 1987
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1987-07-20
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em;|Rejected|by the<br />European Council<ref>{{ cite news || author=Staff writer || url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1636915&C=europe || title=EU Mulls Deeper Policy Cooperation with Morocco || publisher=Defense News || date=2006-03-22 || accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref>}}
<div class="NavHead" style="background:none; font-weight:normal">Details{{spaces|5}}</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none; line-height: 0.8em; text-align:left">
 
Rejected by the<br />European Council<ref>{{ cite news || author=Staff writer || url=http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1636915&C=europe || title=EU Mulls Deeper Policy Cooperation with Morocco || publisher=Defense News || date=2006-03-22 || accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref>
 
</div></div></div>
 
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Netherlands]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Inner Six|Netherlands]]
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
 
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:center" | N/A
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 23 July 1952
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1952-07-23
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="3" | [[Norway]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|North Macedonia}} [[Accession of North Macedonia to the European Union|North Macedonia]]<ref name="North Macedonia">Referred to as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" by the EU before 2019</ref>
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 30 April 1962
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 2004-03-22
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#87CEEB" | ''Negotiating''<ref name="Enlargement"/>
<div class="NavHead" style="background:none; font-weight:normal">Details{{spaces|5}}</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none; line-height: 0.8em; text-align:left">
 
Withdrawn due to <br />veto on UK
 
</div></div></div>
 
 
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 21 July 1967
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Accession of Norway to the European Union|Norway]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1962-04-30
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal;  padding-right:3em;|Withdrawn|due to veto<br />of UK application}}
Rejected by Norway<br />in referendum<ref>{{ cite web || author=European Commission || title=1972 || year=2005-11-10 || work=The History of the European Union || url=http://europa.eu/abc/history/1972/index_en.htm || accessdate=2006-01-18 }}</ref>
 
</div></div></div>
 
 
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 25 November 1992
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1967-07-21
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em;|Rejected|by Norway<br />in [[1972 Norwegian European Communities membership referendum|referendum]]<ref>{{ cite web | author=European Commission | title=1972 | date=2005-11-10 | work=The History of the European Union | url=http://europa.eu/abc/history/1972/index_en.htm | accessdate=2006-01-18 }}</ref>}}
<div class="NavHead" style="background:none; font-weight:normal">Details{{spaces|5}}</div><div class="NavContent" style="display:none; line-height: 0.8em; text-align:left">
 
Rejected by Norway<br />in referendum<ref>{{ cite web || author=European Commission || title=1994 || year=2005-11-10 || work=The History of the European Union || url=http://europa.eu/abc/history/1994/index_en.htm || accessdate=2006-01-18 }}</ref>
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Poland]]
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1992-11-25
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 5 April 1994
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em;|Rejected|by Norway<br />in [[1994 Norwegian European Union membership referendum|referendum]]<ref>{{ cite web | author=European Commission | title=1994 | date=2005-11-10 | work=The History of the European Union | url=http://europa.eu/abc/history/1994/index_en.htm | accessdate=2006-01-18 }}</ref>}}
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
 
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Portugal]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Accession of Poland to the European Union|Poland]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 28 March 1977
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1994-04-05
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1986
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Romania]]
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! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Accession of Portugal to the European Union|Portugal]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 22 June 1995
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1977-03-28
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 2007
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1986-01-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Slovakia]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Accession of Romania to the European Union|Romania]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 27 June 1995
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1995-06-22
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2007-01-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Slovenia]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Slovakia}} [[Accession of Slovakia to the European Union|Slovakia]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 10 June 1996
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1995-06-27
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 May 2004
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Spain]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Accession of Slovenia to the European Union|Slovenia]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 28 June 1977
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1996-06-10
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1986
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 2004-05-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Serbia]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" |  {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Accession of Spain to the European Union|Spain]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 22 December 2009
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1962-02-09
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFEFD5" | ''official candidate''
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal;  padding-right:3em;|Rejected|by the<br />European Council<ref>[http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/v2/contextos/7439.htm The European Offensive]. - Government of Castile and Leon. Retrieved 2 August 2013.</ref>}}
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Sweden]]
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1977-06-28
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1 July 1991
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1986-01-01
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1995
 
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Switzerland]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|Serbia]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 25 May 1992
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 2009-12-22
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#87CEEB" | ''Negotiating''<ref name="Enlargement"/>
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Frozen due to<br />public opinion<ref>{{ cite web || author=British [[Diplomatic mission|Embassy]], [[Bern]] || title=EU and Switzerland || year=2006-07-04 || work=The UK & Switzerland || url=http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1085326325096 || accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref>
 
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|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | [[Turkey]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Accession of Sweden to the European Union|Sweden]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 14 April 1987
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1991-07-01
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFFFBB" | ''negotiating''
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1995-01-01
 
|-
 
|-
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" | [[United Kingdom]]
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Accession of Switzerland to the European Union|Switzerland]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 10 August 1961
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1992-05-25
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | <div class="NavFrame" style="border-style:none; padding:0;">
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal; padding-right:3em;|Withdrawn|due to<br />public opinion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/eu-membership-application-not-to-be-withdrawn/4811170|title=EU membership application not to be withdrawn|date=2005-10-26|accessdate=2015-03-12|publisher=[[swissinfo]]}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | author=British [[Diplomatic mission|Embassy]], [[Bern]] | title=EU and Switzerland | date=2006-07-04 | work=The UK & Switzerland | url=http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1085326325096 | accessdate=2006-07-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parlament.ch/en/ratsbetrieb/suche-curia-vista/geschaeft?AffairId=20143219|accessdate=15 June 2016|title=Retirer la demande d'adhésion à l'UE et dire les choses telles qu'elles sont}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/content/dam/dea/fr/documents/bundesrat/160727-Lettre-retrait-adhesion-CH_fr.pdf|date=2016-07-27|accessdate=2016-09-13|publisher=[[Swiss Federal Council]]|title=Retrait de la demande d'adhesion de la Suisse a l'UE}}</ref>}}
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Vetoed
 
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|-
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 10 May 1967
+
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" | {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|Turkey]]
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1 January 1973
+
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1987-04-14
 +
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#87CEEB;" | ''Negotiating''<ref name="Enlargement"/>
 +
|-
 +
! style="line-height:92%; text-align:left" rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Accession of the United Kingdom to the European Union|United Kingdom]]
 +
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1961-08-10
 +
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#FFADB7" | {{hidden|headerstyle=font-weight:normal;  padding-right:3em;|Vetoed|by France}}
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| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right" | 1967-05-10
 +
| style="line-height:92%; text-align:right; background:#B7FFAD" | 1973-01-01
 
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Applications for accession to the European Union*
Applicant Issued Accession/
failure rationale
Albania Albania 2009-04-28 Negotiating[1]
Austria Austria 1989-07-17 1995-01-01
Belgium Belgium N/A 1952-07-23
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016-02-15[2] Potential candidate[3]
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1995-12-14 2007-01-01
Croatia Croatia 2003-02-21 2013-07-01
Cyprus Cyprus 1990-07-03 2004-05-01
Czech Republic Czech Republic 1996-01-17 2004-05-01
Denmark Denmark 1961-08-10
Withdrawn
due to veto
of UK application
1967-05-11 1973-01-01
Estonia Estonia 1995-11-24 2004-05-01
Finland Finland 1992-03-18 1995-01-01
France France N/A 1952-07-23
West Germany West Germany[4] N/A 1952-07-23
Greece Greece 1975-06-12 1981-01-01
Hungary Hungary 1994-03-31 2004-05-01
Iceland Iceland 2009-07-17
Republic of Ireland Ireland 1961-07-31
Withdrawn
due to veto
of UK application
1967-05-11 1973-01-01
Italy Italy N/A 1952-07-23
Kosovo Kosovo*[8][9] Potential candidate[3]
Latvia Latvia 1995-09-13 2004-05-01
Lithuania Lithuania 1995-12-08 2004-05-01
Luxembourg Luxembourg N/A 1952-07-23
Malta Malta 1990-07-16
Frozen
due to
election of new government
in October 1996.
Resumed following another
election of a new government
in September 1998.[10]
2004-05-01
Montenegro Montenegro 2008-12-15 Negotiating[3]
Morocco Morocco 1987-07-20
Rejected
by the
European Council[11]
Netherlands Netherlands N/A 1952-07-23
North Macedonia North Macedonia[12] 2004-03-22 Negotiating[3]
Norway Norway 1962-04-30
Withdrawn
due to veto
of UK application
1967-07-21
Rejected
by Norway
in referendum[13]
1992-11-25
Rejected
by Norway
in referendum[14]
Poland Poland 1994-04-05 2004-05-01
Portugal Portugal 1977-03-28 1986-01-01
Romania Romania 1995-06-22 2007-01-01
Slovakia Slovakia 1995-06-27 2004-05-01
Slovenia Slovenia 1996-06-10 2004-05-01
Spain Spain 1962-02-09
Rejected
by the
European Council[15]
1977-06-28 1986-01-01
Serbia Serbia 2009-12-22 Negotiating[3]
Sweden Sweden 1991-07-01 1995-01-01
Switzerland Switzerland 1992-05-25
Withdrawn
due to
public opinion[16][17][18][19]
Turkey Turkey 1987-04-14 Negotiating[3]
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1961-08-10
Vetoed
by France
1967-05-10 1973-01-01
* Applications to the European Coal and Steel Community,
European Communities and European Union depending on date.
  1. "EU candidate status for Albania". European Commission. 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. "Bosnia and Herzegovina applied for EU membership today". The Netherlands EU Presidency 2016. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Anonymous (6 December 2016). "Check current status". European Neighbourhood Policy And Enlargement Negotiations - European Commission. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. On 3 October 1990, East Germany joined West Germany through the process of German reunification; since then, the reunited Germany has been a single member state.
  5. RÚV, Application not formally withdrawn
  6. "Iceland withdraws EU accession bid". Deutsche Welle. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  7. Iceland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013-06-13). "Minister Sveinsson meets with Stefan Füle". Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  8. Referred to as "Kosovo*" by the EU
  9. "European Commission- Enlargement- Kosovo*". European Commission. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  10. "Chronology". European Commission. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  11. Staff writer (2006-03-22). "EU Mulls Deeper Policy Cooperation with Morocco". Defense News. Retrieved 2006-07-04.
  12. Referred to as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" by the EU before 2019
  13. European Commission (2005-11-10). "1972". The History of the European Union. Retrieved 2006-01-18.
  14. European Commission (2005-11-10). "1994". The History of the European Union. Retrieved 2006-01-18.
  15. The European Offensive. - Government of Castile and Leon. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  16. "EU membership application not to be withdrawn". swissinfo. 2005-10-26. Retrieved 2015-03-12.
  17. British Embassy, Bern (2006-07-04). "EU and Switzerland". The UK & Switzerland. Retrieved 2006-07-04.
  18. "Retirer la demande d'adhésion à l'UE et dire les choses telles qu'elles sont". Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  19. "Retrait de la demande d'adhesion de la Suisse a l'UE" (PDF). Swiss Federal Council. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2016-09-13.