No countries joined the EU in 2009. You cannot say what the previous three were as two joined at the same time in 2007 and ten joined at the same time in 2004.
Actually, it was in 2004. The following countries joined the EU.CyprusCzech RepublicHungaryEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaMaltaPolandSloveniaSlovakia
No countries joined the EU in 2008. 10 countries joined in 2004. See the related question below.
Only two countries joined in 1986. They were Spain and Portugal.
Two countries joined in 1986. They were Spain and Portugal.
It all depends on where you are coming from! Citizens of the EU countries can travel freely between those countries, although there are some restrictions on citizens of those countries which joined the EU most recently. Those from outside Europe may need a visa.
Both countries joined in 2007.
No. A Communist country would not fit in at all and would not be admitted to the EU.
Cyprus, Czech republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, slovak repubic,& Slovenia.
In 1957, France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands formed the European Common Market. In 1973 the UK, Ireland and Denmark joined them. In 1981, Greece also joined and in 1986 Spain and Portugal joined what was then called the European Economic Community. In 1992, the European Union was born with the signing of the Maastricht treaty and all 12 members of the EEC joined the new EU. In 1995 Sweden, Finland and Austria joined the EU (with an obligation to join the Euro when it was indroduced) and in 2004, ten other states joined the EU.
13 countries have joined since 2002. Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary all joined in 2004. Romania and Bulgaria joined in 2007. Croatia joined in 2013.
There were never 26 countries in the EU. In 2007 Bulgaria and Romania joined at the same time, bringing the total from 25 directly to 27.