1973 enlargement of the European Communities
The 1973 enlargement of the European Communities was the first enlargement of the European Communities (EC), now the European Union (EU). Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) acceded to the EC on 1 January 1973. Gibraltar and Greenland also joined the EC as part of the United Kingdom and Denmark respectively, but the Danish Faroe Islands, the other British Overseas Territories and the Crown dependencies of the United Kingdom did not join the EC.
Ireland and Denmark both held referendums in 1972 in May and October respectively, and the United Kingdom held a referendum in 1975, on membership of the EC, all which approved membership of the EC. Norway planned to accede, but this was rejected in a referendum held in September 1972. In 1992 Norway again applied to join, but voters again rejected the proposal in a 1994 referendum.
Greenland later
Background
The United Kingdom was still recovering from the economic cost of the
In 1960 the
Impact[dubious ]
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Member countries | Capital | Population | Area (km²) | GDP (billion US$) |
GDP per capita (US$) |
Languages |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark | Copenhagen | 5,021,861 | 2,209,180 | 70.032 | $59,928 | Danish |
Ireland | Dublin | 3,073,200 | 70,273 | 21.103 | $39,638 | English, Irish |
United Kingdom | London | 56,210,000 | 244,820 | 675.941 | $36,728 | English |
Accession countries | 64,305,061 | 2,524,273 | 767.076 | 11,929 | 3 | |
Existing members (1973) | 192,457,106 | 1,299,536 | 2,381,396 | 12,374 | 4 | |
EC9 (1973) | 256,762,167 (+33.41%) |
3,465,633 (+266.68%) |
3,148.472 (+32.21%) |
12,262 (−0.91%) |
7 |
See also
- Denmark and the euro
- United Kingdom and the euro
- 1981 enlargement of the European Communities
- 1986 enlargement of the European Communities
- 1995 enlargement of the European Union
- 2004 enlargement of the European Union
- 2007 enlargement of the European Union
- 2013 enlargement of the European Union
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