EU candidate countries

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EU candidate countries are European nations that have formally applied for and are in the process of meeting the political, economic, and legal criteria required to join the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union enlargement concept
political status category
appliesTo European states
associatedWith Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance NERFINISHED
stabilisation and association process
definedAs European nations that have formally applied for and are in the process of meeting criteria to join the European Union
follows potential candidate status
geographicallyLimitedTo Europe NERFINISHED
governedBy Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union NERFINISHED
European Union treaties NERFINISHED
Treaty on European Union NERFINISHED
hasCriterion Copenhagen criteria NERFINISHED
economic criteria
legal criteria
political criteria
hasImplication eligibility for EU pre-accession assistance
hasOutcome accession treaty with the European Union
hasStage acceding country
candidate country
potential candidate country
monitoredBy European Commission annual progress reports NERFINISHED
mustRespect democracy
equality
freedom
human dignity
human rights including rights of persons belonging to minorities
rule of law
values of the European Union
overseenBy Council of the European Union NERFINISHED
European Commission NERFINISHED
partOfProcess European Union enlargement
precedes European Union membership
relatedTo European Union membership
accession negotiations chapters
screening process of EU law
requires ability to take on obligations of membership
accession negotiations with the European Union
administrative capacity to implement EU law
adoption of EU acquis in national legislation
alignment with EU acquis communautaire
capacity to cope with competitive pressure and market forces within the EU
formal application for EU membership
functioning market economy
protection of minorities
respect for human rights
rule of law
stable democratic institutions
requiresRatificationBy all existing EU member states
candidate country itself

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