European Union

Presidency of the Council of the E.U


01 Jan - 30 Jun 1958

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1958

West Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1959

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1959

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1960

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1960

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1961

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1961

West Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1962

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1962

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1963

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1963

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1964

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1964

West Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1965

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1965

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1966

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1966

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1967

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1967

West Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1968

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1968

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1969

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1969

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1970

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1970

West Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1971

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1971

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1972

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1972

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1973

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1973

Denmark

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1974

West Germany

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1974

France

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1975

Ireland

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1975

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1976

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1976

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1977

United Kingdom

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1977

Belgium

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1978

Denmark

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1978

West Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1979

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1979

Ireland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1980

Italy

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1980

Luxembourg

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1981

Netherlands

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1981

United Kingdom

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1982

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1982

Denmark

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1983

West Germany

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1983

Greece

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1984

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1984

Ireland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1985

Italy

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1985

Luxembourg

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1986

Netherlands

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1986

United Kingdom

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1987

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1987

Denmark

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1988

West Germany

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1988

Greece

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1989

Spain

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1989

France

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1990

Ireland

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1990

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1991

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1991

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1992

Portugal

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1992

United Kingdom

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1993

Denmark

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1993

Belgium

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1994

Greece

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1994

Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1995

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1995

Spain

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1996

Italy

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1996

Ireland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1997

Netherlands

01 Jun - 31 Dec 1997

Luxembourg

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1998

United Kingdom

01 Jun - 31 Dec 1998

Austria

01 Jan - 30 Jun 1999

Germany

01 Jul - 31 Dec 1999

Finland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2000

Portugal

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2000

France

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2001

Sweden

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2001

Belgium

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2002

Spain

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2002

Denmark

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2003

Greece

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2003

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2004

Ireland

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2004

Netherlands

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2005

Luxembourg

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2005

United Kingdom

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2006

Austria

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2006

Finland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2007

Germany

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2007

Portugal

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2008

Slovenia

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2008

France

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2009

Czechia

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2009

Sweden

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2010

Spain

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2010

Belgium

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2011

Hungary

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2011

Poland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2012

Denmark

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2012

Cyprus

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2013

Ireland

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2013

Lithuania

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2014

Greece

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2014

Italy

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2015

Latvia

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2015

Luxembourg

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2016

Netherlands

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2016

Slovakia

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2017

Malta

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2017

Estonia

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2018

Bulgaria

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2018

Austria

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2019

Romania

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2019

Finland

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2020

Croatia

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2020

Germany

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2021

Portugal

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2021

Slovenia

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2022

France

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2022

Czechia

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2023

Sweden

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2023

Spain

01 Jan - 30 Jun 2024

Belgium

01 Jul - 31 Dec 2024

Hungary

Members of the European Union

01 Jan 1958 - Belgium

            - France

            - (West) Germany

            - Italy

            - Luxembourg

            - The Netherlands

01 Jan 1973 - Denmark

            - Ireland

            - United Kingdom of Great Britain

              and Northern Ireland* 

01 Jan 1981 - Greece

01 Jan 1986 - Portugal

            - Spain

01 Jan 1995 - Austria

            - Finland

            - Sweden

01 Jan 2004 - Cyprus

            - Czechia

            - Estonia

            - Hungary

            - Latvia

            - Lithuania

            - Malta

            - Poland

            - Slovakia

            - Slovenia

01 Jan 2007 - Bulgaria

            - Romania

01 Jul 2013 - Croatia


Note*: Withdrew 31 Jan 2020

Candidate Countries 

22 Mar 2004 - F.Y.R.O.M

20 Oct 2005 - Turkey (dormant)

15 Dec 2008 - Montenegro

22 Dec 2009 - Serbia

Applied

28 Apr 2009 - Albania

28 Apr 2009 - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Non Members

Andorra

Armenia (joined the Eurasian Union 2015)

Belarus (joined the Eurasian Union 2015)

Georgia

Iceland (Accession process suspended as of 2013)

Liechtenstein

Monaco

Norway (membership rejected 1994)

Russian Federation (joined the Eurasian Union 2015)

San Marino (application fails due to quorum 2013)

Switzerland (membership rejected 1992)

United Kingdom (member 1973-2020)

Ukraine