From 6 founding countries, to 27 member states! This year, we celebrate 20 years since the great EU enlargement of 2004, when our European family grew bigger with 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czechia, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, and 🇸🇮 Slovenia joining our Union. Since then, the pace of change across the Union has been remarkable, offering tremendous opportunities to people and businesses alike, such as: 🌍 450 million Europeans now enjoy freedom of movement 📈 The EU economy has grown by 27%, fostering prosperity across nations 💼 26 million new jobs have been created, with 6 million in the 10 new EU countries 🌐 Global international trade expanded by €3 trillion since 2004, reaching €5 trillion in 2023. 🚅 Motorway lengths tripled in Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia in the last two decades. 🚀 Over 2.7 million young people participated in the Erasmus+ programme from the 10 new EU countries. 🌱 Energy efficiency has improved by almost 33%, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. These and many other success stories of EU enlargement on our website → https://lnkd.in/dGiTveba #20YearsTogether
The map highlights the foolishness of the former leaders of the UK. I am glad that as a citizen of Ireland I am still a citizen of the EU. An tAontas Eorpach
This EU grew ever since but never adapted / evolved in the wake. Still decisions must be taken unanimously which blocks the EU as such and gives unwanted leverage to extremists and autocrates
🇺🇦🇲🇩🇬🇪🤝🇪🇺 Ukraine 🇺🇦 Moldova 🇲🇩 Georgia 🇬🇪 will be the next EU member states🫡
Proud members of European Union since 1981 🇬🇷🇪🇺
So sad that Scotland couldn't remain blue on the map. My children were born as European citizens but had that privilege removed without a say for them, Scotland having voted to remain in the EU. I hope one day soon we can return because Peace matters
United in diversity!
Nice video of the EU Enlargement! How about Western Balkans🙌? Check out our video “The Journey Together to the EU”, our approach to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and aspiring Member States during the European Integration process. Check out our video on Linkedln profile at Impact Assessment Institute and Youtube channel: https://shorturl.at/PKOF0
Time started to run in reverse. The EU is moving towards disintegration, just like its establishment. Countries will separate one by one.
General Manager at Trade Credit Solutions - the leading credit insurance broker in Bulgaria
3wWe often forget that EU was first of all a peace project and an economic one as a second objective. From this perspective it is an absolute success – the longest peace time in Europe’s recorded history with the benefits of economic prosperity and institutions building. It is good to remind people of the world before the EU (and UN for that matter) – several major empires (small counties - either non-existed or puppet states) that clashed in WW1 and WW2 with a total death estimated at 65 to 90 million people worldwide in time when world population was about 30% of today’s population.