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A European Union member state is any one of the twenty-seven countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since its inception in 1958 as the European Economic Community (EEC). From an original membership of six states, there have been five successive enlargements, the largest occurring on 1 May 2004 , when ten member states joined. Following the addition of , enlargement of the Union is conditional upon the agreement of each existing member state as well as approval by the European Parliament . Bulgaria and Romania comprise the second part of the EU's fifth enlargement, and joined the EU on 1 January 2007 . This date was agreed upon at the Thessaloniki Summit in 2003, confirmed at Brussels on 18 June 2004 , and affirmed by the country reports of October 2004 and the final report delivered on 26 September 2006 . Bulgaria and Romania signed their Treaty Of Accession on 25 April 2005 at a ceremony held at Neumünster Abbey in Luxembourg . LIST OF MEMBER STATES SEE ALSO Lists of European Union member states
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