-List five countries that are members of the EU and what year they joined the EU.

-How does a country become a member of the EU?

-List five Founding Fathers of the EU and what they brought to the EU.

Explanation:

European Union (created by the coming into force of the Maastricht Treaty, on 1 November 1993): 1995: accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden; 2004: accession of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. 288 million inhabitants since 1957.A country wishing to join the EU submits a membership application to the Council, which asks the Commission to assess the applicant's ability to meet the Copenhagen criteria. ... Due to the huge volume of EU rules and regulations each candidate country must adopt as national law, the negotiations take time to complete.the fouding fathers of EU are Winston ChurchillUnited KingdomAlcide De GasperiItalyWalter HallsteinWest GermanySicco MansholtNetherlandsthey brought These men of dialogue, who had lived through two world wars and had first-hand experience of a number of European cultures, were the pioneers of a Europe of peace founded on the values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

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