New
Members
lBy 1997 more than a dozen countries had applied for EU membership, but the EU had admitted only three—Austria, Finland and Sweden.
–Austria applied for membership in 1989
–Sweden in 1991
–Finland in 1992.
lThe EU admitted all three
in June 1994.
lThe EU also offered
membership to Norway at
that time, but the people of Norway voted not to enter the EU.
lOne
reason Norway rejected membership was because of the strength of its own economy.
