User:Nightstallion/european integration process (by country)

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This is a summary of the proceedings of the process of European integration for the 51 European states, namely resolution of conflicts and internal or external issues as well as membership and accession to the following organizations and treaties:

• European Union
  • Exchange Rate Mechanism II - Euro
  • Schengen
  • ESA (technically not linked to EU membership)
  • Western European Union
• WTrO
  

Contents 1  European Union Member States (27) 2 Associated States (8) 3 Microstates (4) 4 Schengen Region (2) 5 Not Closely Associated Yet (10)

[edit]  European Union Member States (27)

• Integration completed (Euro, ESA, Schengen, WEU, WTrO):
  •  Belgium
  •  Germany
  •  France
  •  Greece
  •  Italy
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Netherlands — status of  Aruba and  Netherlands Antilles
  •  Portugal
  •  Spain
• Parts missing:
  •  Austria — WEU observer
  •  Bulgaria — ERM II - Euro — Schengen — ESA — WEU associate partner
  •  Cyprus — Schengen — unification with  Northern Cyprus — ESA — WEU
  •  Czech Republic — ERM II - Euro — ESA (PECS member - to join ESA by 2009?) — WEU associate member
  •  Denmark — Euro — independence of  Faroe Islands — independence of  Greenland — WEU observer
  •  Estonia — Euro — ESA — WEU associate partner
  •  Finland — WEU observer
  •  Hungary — ERM II - Euro — ESA (PECS member - to join ESA by 2008?) — WEU associate member
  •  Ireland — Schengen — unification with  Northern Ireland — WEU observer
  •  Latvia — Euro — ESA — WEU associate partner
  •  Lithuania — Euro — ESA — WEU associate partner
  •  Malta — ESA — WEU
  •  Poland — ERM II - Euro — ESA (PECS member - to join in a few years' time?) — WEU associate member
  •  Romania — ERM II - Euro — Schengen — ESA (PECS member - to join in a few years' time?) — WEU associate partner
  •  Slovakia — Euro — ESA — WEU associate partner
  •  Slovenia — ESA — WEU associate partner
  •  Sweden — ERM II - Euro — WEU observer
  •  United Kingdom — ERM II - Euro — Schengen — status of  Northern Ireland — status of Overseas Territories — independence of  Scotland — status of  Wales

[edit] Associated States (8)

• Countries in negotiations for membership:
  •  Croatia
  •  Turkey - WEU associate member
• Candidate countries:
  •  Macedonia - applied 22 March 2004 — to resolve naming dispute with Greece
• Countries to apply for membership:
  •  Albania - SAA being ratified — to apply for EU membership
  •  Montenegro - Euro adopted unilaterally — SAA being ratified — to apply for EU membership — negotiating WTrO accession
  •  Serbia - SAA to be ratified — to apply for EU membership — negotiating WTrO accession
• Countries in negotiations for SAA:
  •  Bosnia and Herzegovina - SAA to be signed — to apply for EU membership — negotiating WTrO accession
  •  Kosovo - Euro adopted unilaterally — SAA negotiations to start — to apply for EU membership — WTrO

[edit] Microstates (4)

• Eurozone and de facto Schengen region:
  •  Monaco — WTrO
  •  San Marino — WTrO
  •  Vatican City — to start Schengen negotiations
• De facto Eurozone, non-Schengen region:
  •  Andorra — Euro adopted unilaterally, in negotiations to adopt it as legal tender since October 2004 — negotiating WTrO accession

[edit] Schengen Region (2)

•  Iceland — to decide on EU membership — WEU associate member
•  Norway — to decide on EU membership (by 2009?) — ESA member — WEU associate member

[edit] Not Closely Associated Yet (10)

• Striving for EU membership:
  •  Georgia - to apply for EU membership — status of  Abkhazia — status of  South Ossetia — removal of Russian troops (by 2008?)
  •  Moldova - to apply for EU membership — status of  Transnistria
  •  Ukraine - to apply for EU membership — negotiating WTrO accession
• Soon to be closely associated:
  •  Liechtenstein - to be moved to Schengen Region
  •  Switzerland - to be moved to Schengen Region — to decide on EU membership — ESA member
• Not associated at all:
  •  Armenia -  Nagorno-Karabakh issue
  •  Azerbaijan - negotiating WTrO accession –  Nagorno-Karabakh issue
  •  Belarus - not even a member of the Council of Europe — negotiating WTrO accession
  •  Kazakhstan - not even a member of the Council of Europe — negotiating WTrO accession
  •  Russia - negotiating WTrO accession