Ten countries hope to join the European Union. Here is their formal status

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61% : MONTENEGRO (candidate since 2010):The small Adriatic country applied for EU membership in December 2008.
59% : It applied for EU membership in December 2008 and become a candidate country in December 2010.
58% : The country applied for EU membership in March 2022.
58% : It applied for EU membership in April 1987 and become a candidate country in December 1999.
58% : It applied for EU membership in February 2016.
58% : AWAITING CANDIDATE COUNTRY STATUSKOSOVO (applied for EU membership in December 2022):Brussels has held out the prospect of an EU perspective for Kosovo since 2005, even before the country's declaration of independence from Serbia in 2008.
57% : GEORGIA (candidate since December 2023):Georgia applied for EU membership in March 2022.
56% : It applied for EU membership in March 2004.
54% : Below is a list of countries hoping to one day become members of the EU, and their formal status:COUNTRIES WITH CANDIDATE COUNTRY STATUSUKRAINE (candidate since 2022):Ukraine applied for EU membership several days after it was invaded by Russia in February 2022, and was granted candidate status in June that year.
54% : In December 2023, EU leaders decided they will open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is reached and will check that in March 2024.
52% : In December 2023, EU leaders decided to start accession talks with Ukraine and membership negotiations opened in June 2024.
51% : EU leaders decided to start accession talks with Moldova in December 2023 and membership negotiations started in June 2024.
51% : EU governments granted Georgia candidate status in December 2023.
47% : EU entry for Turkey, a country of 85 million people, is currently not part of the political debate.
47% : Accession talks formally began in July 2022 after Albania met conditions on changes to the judiciary, fighting corruption and organised crime, intelligence services and public administration.
46% : To progress to the start of accession talks, the European Commission asked Moldova to reform its judiciary, curb graft and organised crime, get rid of oligarchs, reform public administration and finances, involve civil society and boost the protection of human rights.

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