Applicant countries
- Group photo: Accession Treaty, Athens, April 2003 (Photo: European Commission)
Countries that have applied to join the European Union.
On 1 May 2004, the EU was enlarged with the following 10 countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia. From April 2003 these 10 former accession countries were observers, and hence participated, but could not vote, in the meetings of the Council and the European Parliament.
Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey Croatia and Macedonia (FYROM) have also applied for membership. Whereas Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007, accession negotiations have started with Turkey and Croatia. Turkey was provided with pre-accession money from 1 January 2004.
Croatia deposited an application for membership in February 2003 and Macedonia (FYROM) applied in March 2004.
Links
See also Enlargement.
Links to the governmental websites of some of the above mentioned countries:
Bulgaria
www.government.bg
Romania
www.gov.ro
Turkey
www.mfa.gov.tr
