HISTO

RY E.U

1980-

1989

J OS É A

NT O

NI O

ORT E G

A G

ÁM

E Z

In 1973,

he jo

ined

the

UK,

Irela

nd

and

Denm

ark

(inclu

ding

Green

land

and

the

Faro

e Isl

ands e

xclu

ded).

CE-9(1

973-1980

)

In 1

981,

Gre

ece

join

ed.

Green

land

withdr

ew in

1985

follo

wing

the

1982

refe

rend

um.

CE-10

(198

1-19

85)

In 1

986,

Spa

in a

nd P

ortu

gal j

oine

d.

CE-12

(198

6-19

94)

In 19

90,

the

unio

n of

the

Fede

ral

Repu

blic

of

Germ

any

and

the

Germ

an

Democ

ratic

Repu

blic

(GDR)

in a

new

uni

fied

RFA, is

an

exte

nsio

n of

th

e Uni

on

withou

t in

crea

sing

the

num

ber

of m

embe

r st

ates

.

Star

t use

d fo

rmal

ly in

199

3,

the

term

Euro

pean

Union

.

UE-12

(199

0)

In

1995

, he

jo

ined

Austri

a,

Finla

nd

and

Swed

en.

UE-15

(199

5-20

04)

On May

1, 2004, j

oined

Czech

Republic

, Cyp

rus

(only

the

Greek

Cyprio

t),

Slovakia

,

Slovenia,

Estonia,

Hungary,

Latv

ia,

Lithuania,

Malt

a an

d

Poland.

UE-25(2

004-2006)

In 2

007, Rom

ania

and B

ulgar

ia jo

ined

.

UE-27

(200

7 - a

ctual

idad

)

In

1989 he

crea

ted

the

Phar

e

progra

m, 7

to fi

nancia

lly s

upport t

he

candid

ate

countri

es f

or a

cces

sion t

o

the

Union

in

Easte

rn

Europe,

provid

ing

mea

ns to

ch

ange

their

econ

omic

syst

ems

so th

at th

ey ar

e

com

patib

le with

the

rest

of th

e EU

countri

es.

Thus,

the

Phar

e pro

gram

becam

e a

tool

to h

elp th

e ca

ndidat

e

countri

es

to

mee

t th

e ac

cess

ion

crite

ria,

thre

e so

-call

ed Cop

enhag

en

crite

ria.

In Poland, the shipyard workers of

Gdansk, led by Lech W

alesa, on strike

during the summ

er of 1980 for more

rights. Other strikes the country. In

August, the government capitulates

and establishing the independent

trade union "Solidarność". The

government gradually reasserts

control and imposes m

artial law in

Decem

ber 1981. This completes the

brief seizure of power by the Polish

people, but history is underway

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