Eight candidate countries are seeking to join the EU

Member states by year of accession

1957

1973

1981

1986

1995

2004

2007

2013

Candidate

Potential candidate

UK

Member state

1973-2020

Finland

Sweden

Russia

Germany

Georgia

Poland

Ireland

Ukraine

France

Moldova

Romania

Turkey

Spain

Italy

Portugal

Kosovo

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania

Candidate

Potential candidate

Member states by year of accession

1957

1973

1981

1986

1995

2004

2007

2013

Finland

Sweden

Estonia

Russia

UK

Member state

1973-2020

Latvia

Denmark

Lithuania

Ireland

Poland

Netherlands,

Belgium, Lux

Germany

Ukraine

Czech Rep

Moldova

Slovakia

Austria

Georgia

Hungary

France

Romania

Italy

Croatia

Bulgaria

Kosovo

Turkey

Spain

Slovenia

Greece

Albania

Cyprus

Portugal

Malta

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,

Montenegro, North Macedonia