Table 1. Expansion of the European Union.
| Expansion of the EU | Brexit | CC | PCC | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1973 | 1981 | 1986 | 1995 | 2004 | 2007 | 2013 | 2020 | ||
| BEL | DNK | GRC | PRT | AUT | POL | BUL | HRV | -UK | ALB | GEO |
| FRA | IRE | ESP | FIN | CZE | ROU | BIH | KOS | |||
| DEU | UK | SWE | EST | MKD | ||||||
| ITA | HUN | MDA | ||||||||
| LUX | LVA | MNE | ||||||||
| NED | LTU | SRB | ||||||||
| SVK | TUR | |||||||||
| SVN | UKR | |||||||||
| CYP | ||||||||||
| MLT | ||||||||||
CC: candidate countries ; PCC: potential candidate countries. The development of the European Union and the possible future members. In June 2022, Moldova and Ukraine were granted Candidate Country status, while Georgia was granted Potential Candidate Country, which will become a Candidate Country once some key priorities have been addressed. Their applications were made soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Bosnia and Herzegovina were given full CC status on 15 December 2022. Source: European Union and European Commission