POST COLD WAR WORLD
INTEGRATION OF EUROPE
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Question
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Sweden
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Finland
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Austria
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Norway
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Detailed explanation-1: -On January 1, 1995, Sweden, Austria, and Finland joined the EU, leaving Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland as the only major western European countries outside the organization.
Detailed explanation-2: -Each country held referendums on entry resulting on entry for all except Norway (whose second referendum failed);
Detailed explanation-3: -1 January 1995 – The EU gains 3 new members: Austria, Finland and Sweden. Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.
Detailed explanation-4: -Norway is not a member state of the European Union (EU). However, it is associated with the Union through its membership of the European Economic Area (EEA), signed in 1992 and established in 1994.
Detailed explanation-5: -Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway Although these countries are not members of the EU, their nationals can work in the EU on the same footing as EU nationals, since they belong to the European Economic Area.