Enlargement of the European Union

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	European Union law Process
gptkbp:2004NewMembers	gptkb:Cyprus gptkb:Czech_Republic gptkb:Estonia gptkb:Hungary gptkb:Latvia gptkb:Lithuania gptkb:Malta gptkb:Poland gptkb:Slovakia gptkb:Slovenia
gptkbp:beganIn	1952
gptkbp:candidateCountries	gptkb:Albania gptkb:Montenegro gptkb:North_Macedonia gptkb:Serbia gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:consequence	institutional reforms increase in EU population changes in EU budget changes in European Parliament seats changes in voting weights increase in EU territory increase in official EU languages
gptkbp:describes	expansion of the European Union by admitting new member states
gptkbp:firstEnlargement	1973
gptkbp:firstMembers	gptkb:Denmark gptkb:Ireland gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Copenhagen_criteria gptkb:Treaty_on_European_Union
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Enlargement of the European Union
gptkbp:latestEnlargement	2013
gptkbp:latestNewMember	gptkb:Croatia
gptkbp:notableEnlargement	2004 enlargement
gptkbp:opposedBy	Eurosceptics
gptkbp:potentialCandidates	gptkb:Bosnia_and_Herzegovina gptkb:Georgia gptkb:Kosovo gptkb:Moldova gptkb:Ukraine
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:European_Economic_Community gptkb:European_Neighbourhood_Policy European integration
gptkbp:requires	fulfillment of accession criteria ratification by candidate country unanimous approval of existing member states
gptkbp:supportedBy	gptkb:European_Parliament
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Energy_Community
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6