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Appendix 6 Evolution of the EU
Member state
|
Date of
application
|
Date of
accession
|
Institution joined
|
Population (millions)
|
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Belgium
|
|
1958
|
EEC
|
10.1
|
|
Germany
|
|
1958
|
EEC
|
81.4
|
|
France
|
|
1958
|
EEC
|
57.8
|
|
Italy
|
|
1958
|
EEC
|
57.2
|
|
Luxembourg
|
|
1958
|
EEC
|
0.4
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
1958
|
EEC
|
15.4
|
|
Denmark
|
1961
|
1973
|
EC
|
5.2
|
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Ireland
|
1961
|
1973
|
EC
|
3.6
|
|
UK
|
1961
|
1973
|
EC
|
58.1
|
|
Greece
|
1975
|
1981
|
EC
|
10.4
|
|
Portugal
|
1977
|
1986
|
EC
|
9.8
|
|
Spain
|
1977
|
1986
|
EC
|
39.1
|
|
Austria
|
1989
|
1995
|
EU
|
8
|
|
Finland
|
1992
|
1995
|
EU
|
5.1
|
|
Sweden
|
1991
|
1995
|
EU
|
8.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Candidate
|
Date of application
|
Population (millions)
|
|
|
|
Cyprus
|
1990
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
Latvia
|
1995
|
2.5
|
|
|
|
Malta
|
1990
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
Lithuania
|
1995
|
3.7
|
|
|
|
Hungary
|
1994
|
10.2
|
|
|
|
Romania
|
1995
|
22.7
|
|
|
|
Poland
|
1994
|
38.6
|
|
|
|
Slovakia
|
1995
|
5.4
|
|
|
|
Bulgaria
|
1995
|
8.4
|
|
|
|
Czech Republic
|
1996
|
10.3
|
|
|
|
Estonia
|
1995
|
1.5
|
|
|
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Slovenia
|
1996
|
2
|
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Notes
1 Norway has twice rejected the offer of membership in its referendums
of 1972 and 1994.
2 Greenland withdrew in 1986 after being granted home rule by Denmark.
3 Morocco was rejected by the Commission as a non-European state in
1987.
4 East Germany joined in 1990 on the reunification of Germany.
5 Switzerland applied in 1992, but shelved its application after a referendum.
6 Turkey applied in 1987, but has not yet been offered negotiations.
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