Historic EU Acession And Membership

Question 1

Founding countries ECSC

Answer 1

IT, West DE, FR, BE, LU, NL

Question 2

First accession in 1973, who?

Answer 2

DK (including Greenland), UK (already third attempt) , IE

Question 3

Second accession in 1981, who?

Answer 3

EL

Question 4

1982, who leaves?

Answer 4

Greenland

Question 5

1986, third accession, who?

Answer 5

ES, PT

Question 6

1990, who “joined”?

Answer 6

East DE as German unification

Question 7

1995, forth accession, who?

Answer 7

AT, FI, SE

Question 8

2004, fifth accession = East extension

Answer 8

10: PO, CZ, SI, SK, LV, LT, EE, HU, MT, CY

Corrected LU (one of the founding MS ECSC) to EE (Estonia)

Question 9

1962, who “left”?

Answer 9

Algeria, due to it’s independence of France

*Beware: on Wikipedia it says: “Algeria was a member of the European Com

Question 10

2007, Sixth extension, who?

Answer 10

BG, RO

Question 11

2013, Seventh extension, who?

Answer 11

HR

Question 12

2020, who left?

Answer 12

UK , brexit Votum in 2016

Question 13

How many times did the UK apply to join the EU?

Answer 13

3x
1963, 1967 - vetoed by President of France, Charles De Gaulle
1969 - de Gaulle no longer president; by then CAP and Customs Union and Tariff system already established
Accession in 1973

Question 14

Referendum of 1975

Answer 14

First UK referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Economic Community
“Do you think the UK should stay in the European Community (Common Market)?” - 67.23% yes

Question 15

Copenhagen criteria (based on Copenhagen European council 19XX)

Answer 15

-1993
To join the EU, this must be fulfilled:

Political: stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, rule of law, human rights an protection of minorities

Economic: functioning market economy that copes with competitive pressures

Legal: ability to take obligations of membership meaning implementation of acquis + adhérence to aims

Question 16

When did the Commission adopt a new accession negotiation methodology?

Answer 16

2020
Now the 31 chapters are structured in 6 clusters.
AL and MK are the first candidates negotiating under the new procedure

Question 17

When did the UK formally notify the EU of its leaving?

Answer 17

formal notification of withdrawal from
the EU under Article 50 TEU in March 2017.

Question 18

Which member state(s) have an opt-out for the ESCB?

Answer 18

Two Member States have been granted an opt-
out and are thus not obliged to join the euro area,
so special provisions apply to Denmark (Protocol
No 16) (and the United Kingdom (Protocol No 15).)

Sweden is intentionaly avoiding the fulfillment of the criteria to join the euro zone because it does not intend to introduce the euro even though it is obliged under the Treaty of Maastricht (no derogation in place)