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 | KOS |
| FRA | IRE | ESP | FIN | CZE | ROU | BIH | ||||
| DEU | UK | SWE | EST | GEO | ||||||
| ITA | HUN | MKD | ||||||||
| LUX | LVA | MDA | ||||||||
| NED | LTU | MNE | ||||||||
| SVK | SRB | |||||||||
| SVN | TUR | |||||||||
| CYP | UKR | |||||||||
| 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina in December 2022, and Georgia in December 2023. Correct as of March 2024. Source: European Union and European Commission