1981 enlargement of the European Communities
The 1981 enlargement of the European Communities was the second enlargement of what is now the European Union, then the European Communities (EC). Greece acceded to the EEC on 1 January 1981. It is considered a part of the Mediterranean enlargement.
The application for accession was made on July 12, 1975, one year after the restoration of democracy in Greece. In July 1976 negotiations began which ended in May 1979 with the signing of the Treaty of Accession.[1]
EC members in 1981
New EC members admitted in 1981
Impact
| Member countries | Population | Area (km²) | GDP (billion US$) |
GDP per capita (US$) |
Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Greece
|
9,729,350 | 131,945 | 86.553 | 8,896 | Greek |
| Existing members (1981) | 261,743,191 | 3,823,809 | 3,694,558 | 14,115 | 7 |
| EC10 (1981) | 271,472,541 (+3.72%) |
3,955,774 (+3.45%) |
3,781.111 (+2.34%) |
13,928 (−1.33%) |
8 |
See also
- 1973 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
References
- ^ Greeces course in the EU, Ministry for foreign affairs of Greece. Accessed on February 28, 2022.
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