ABSTRACT
The European Union (EU) is comprised of 28 member countries. The founding members in 1951 were France, West Germany, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands (who formed the then EEC). The UK joined in 1973. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315850269/b97f4674-cb46-4f88-9eb8-7b637d1b982f/content/fig9-1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> The most recent to join in 2004 are: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta and Hungary; and in 2007: Romania and Bulgaria. The most recent country to join is Croatia in 2013.
