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The EU expanded its membership from 15 to 25 in May 2004. Ten countries from Central Europe and the Mediterranean became members on 1 May 2004
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Enlargement of the EU The EU expanded its membership from 15 to 25 in May 2004. Ten countries from Central Europe and the Mediterranean became members on 1 May 2004. The countries that joined on 1 May are: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Two further countries are negotiating to join by 2007. Candidate countries have met a set of criteria, called the 'Copenhagen Criteria', before negotiations on their membership commenced. These criteria are: * To be a stable democracy, guaranteeing human rights, the law and the protection of minorities. * To be a functioning market economy * To adopt and implement the body of EU law Member States Country Unemployment (% of total labour force) Inflation (% annual growth rate of GDP deflator)* GDP (per capita $) Balance of Payments - current account balance (% of GDP) Human Development Index** (World ranking) Austria 4.7 (2000) 1.8 26,730 -2.6 0.929 (16th) Belgium 7.0 2.3 25,520 5.0 0.937 (6th) Denmark 5.4 2.8 29,000 1.6 0.930 (11th) Finland 9.8 2.2 24,430 7.4 0.930 (14th) France 10.0 1.4 23,990 1.6 0.925 (17th) Germany 8.1 1.3 25,350 -1.1 0.921 (18th) Greece 10.8 (1999) 3.5 17,440 -8.8 0.892...
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