What is a European Union member state?
Q: What is a European Union member state?
A: A European Union member state is any one of the twenty-seven countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since it was found in 1958 as the European Economic Community (EEC).
Q: How many countries were originally part of the EU?
A: The original membership of the EU was six states.
Q: When did Bulgaria and Romania join the EU?
A: Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007.
Q: When did the UK join the EEC?
A: The UK joined the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973.
Q: What percentage of voters chose to leave the EU in 2016?
A: In 2016, 51.9% of voters chose to leave the EU.
Q: When did Britain officially withdraw from the EU?
A: Britain formally withdrew from the EU on 31 January 2020.
Q: What are known as 'The Copenhagen Criteria'?
A: The Copenhagen criteria are economic and political conditions that must be fulfilled by a candidate member state before being allowed to join the European Union; these basically require that a candidate member state must enjoy a secular, democratic system of government, together with corresponding freedoms and institutions, and respect for rule of law.
