9) The EU has 25 Member States
-Mid 1990s
-Preparations for the biggest-ever EU enlargement
-The EU welcomed this chance to help stabilise the European continent
-Negotiations opened in December 1997
-In 2004, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta
-In 2007, Bulgaria and Romania
-In 2013, Croatia
-Bringing the EU’s membership to 28
