The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member states to the Union. To join the EU...

The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the...

from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in a referendum in 2006, Montenegro began the process of accession to the European Union by agreeing to a...

The accession of Georgia to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU. Following an application by Georgia in March...

2013, the Council of the European Union approved opening negotiations for Serbia's accession. Serbia officially applied for European Union membership on 22...

special procedure", and the presidents of eight EU states called for an accelerated accession process. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen...

enlargement of the European Union (EU). It applied for EU membership on 28 April 2009, and has since June 2014 been an official candidate for accession. The...

enlargement of the European Union (EU), in terms of number of states and population, took place on 1 May 2004. The simultaneous accessions concerned the...

The accession of Kosovo to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU. Kosovo is currently recognized by the EU...

The accession of North Macedonia to the European Union has been on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU since 2005, when it became an official...