EU25

noun

Collectively, the twenty-five member states of the EU from 2004 to 2006, after Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia joined the union.

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nounEU25 (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableCollectively, the twenty-five member states of the EU from 2004 to 2006, after Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia joined the union.

    Initially, calculations were carried out for EU15 plus Poland and Estonia, while the figures for "Other countries" are scaled by a Population factor to cover the EU25.

    2005 June 29, Ulf Winther, Merete Gisvold Sandberg, Arne Stokka, Inger Anne Setermo, Matthias Nowak, Lars Harald Vik, Håkon Hynne, Torunn Kvinge, Employment in the EU based on Farmed Norwegian Salmon, SINTEF; Fafo, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 19
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