Member states of the EU
The EU comprises 27 countries. They are set out below, under the dates they joined.
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1958
Belgium, France, (West) Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands -
1973
Denmark, Ireland, UK -
1981
Greece -
1986
Portugal, Spain -
1995
Austria, Finland, Sweden -
2004
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia -
2007
Romania, Bulgaria