{"title":"Map of EU countries and candidates","source":"European Union, EU countries and History of the EU; European Commission, Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood","sourceUrl":"https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-countries_en","dataDate":"2023-12-14","dataLicense":"facts compiled by Ultimaps, CC BY 4.0","license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Data: European Union, EU countries and History of the EU; European Commission, Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (facts compiled by Ultimaps, CC BY 4.0). Map and table: Ultimaps, CC BY 4.0, https://ultimaps.com/map/eu-countries","rows":[{"region":"Austria","key":"AUT","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1995"},{"region":"Belgium","key":"BEL","Category":"Member","Note":"Founding member: EEC and Euratom treaties (Rome) took effect 1 January 1958"},{"region":"Bulgaria","key":"BGR","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 2007"},{"region":"Croatia","key":"HRV","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 July 2013"},{"region":"Cyprus","key":"CYP","Category":"Member","Note":"Whole island drawn as one region; EU law is suspended in the areas not under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus (Protocol 10 of the 2003 Act of Accession)"},{"region":"Czech Republic","key":"CZE","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Denmark","key":"DNK","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1973"},{"region":"Estonia","key":"EST","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Finland","key":"FIN","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1995"},{"region":"France","key":"FRA","Category":"Member","Note":"Founding member: EEC and Euratom treaties (Rome) took effect 1 January 1958"},{"region":"Germany","key":"DEU","Category":"Member","Note":"Founding member as the Federal Republic of Germany; the former GDR's territory joined on reunification, 3 October 1990"},{"region":"Greece","key":"GRC","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1981"},{"region":"Hungary","key":"HUN","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Ireland","key":"IRL","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1973"},{"region":"Italy","key":"ITA","Category":"Member","Note":"Founding member: EEC and Euratom treaties (Rome) took effect 1 January 1958"},{"region":"Latvia","key":"LVA","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Lithuania","key":"LTU","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Luxembourg","key":"LUX","Category":"Member","Note":"Founding member: EEC and Euratom treaties (Rome) took effect 1 January 1958"},{"region":"Malta","key":"MLT","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Netherlands","key":"NLD","Category":"Member","Note":"Founding member: EEC and Euratom treaties (Rome) took effect 1 January 1958"},{"region":"Poland","key":"POL","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Portugal","key":"PRT","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1986"},{"region":"Romania","key":"ROU","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 2007"},{"region":"Slovakia","key":"SVK","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Slovenia","key":"SVN","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 May 2004"},{"region":"Spain","key":"ESP","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1986"},{"region":"Sweden","key":"SWE","Category":"Member","Note":"Joined 1 January 1995"},{"region":"Albania","key":"ALB","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"General Affairs Council agreed on 24 June 2014; endorsed by the European Council of 26-27 June 2014"},{"region":"Bosnia and Herzegovina","key":"BIH","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"European Council, 15 December 2022"},{"region":"Georgia","key":"GEO","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"European Council, 14 December 2023. Accession process de facto halted by the Council since June 2024"},{"region":"Moldova","key":"MDA","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"European Council, 23 June 2022 (applied 3 March 2022)"},{"region":"Montenegro","key":"MNE","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"European Council, 16-17 December 2010"},{"region":"North Macedonia","key":"MKD","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"Brussels European Council, 15-16 December 2005"},{"region":"Serbia","key":"SRB","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"European Council, 1-2 March 2012"},{"region":"Turkey","key":"TUR","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"Declared a candidate State by the Helsinki European Council, 10-11 December 1999 (applied 1987)"},{"region":"Ukraine","key":"UKR","Category":"Candidate country","Note":"European Council, 23 June 2022"},{"region":"Kosovo","key":"Kosovo","Category":"Potential candidate","Note":"Then part of Serbia and Montenegro, named a potential candidate at the EU-Western Balkans summit in Thessaloniki; the Commission lists Kosovo as a potential candidate today"},{"region":"Iceland","key":"ISL","Category":null,"Note":"Government asked that Iceland no longer be regarded as a candidate country; talks on hold since 2013"},{"region":"United Kingdom","key":"GBR","Category":null,"Note":"Left the EU at midnight CET on 31 January 2020; the Withdrawal Agreement took effect 1 February 2020 (transition period to 31 December 2020)"}]}