THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EU 

In _________ the EEC (=___________________________) was founded by a total of ____________ states.

The EEC became to the EU and many states were included:  

  1951­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­1973

  1981­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

  1986­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­1995

  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­2004

  ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­2007

The enlargement of the EU is not yet complete. There are still some countries that want to be members. With some of them there are already negotiations.

These are the states_______________________________________________________

The EU has been constantly expanded. Today ________ countries belong to it.

USE FOR YOUR WORK THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS !

Search in the atlas or in the Internet for the names of the countries.

Write the legend to the pictures.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_the_European_Union

http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/

http://www.euractiv.com/en/enlargement