Copenhagen criteria
Copenhagen criteria - a set of criteria that must be met by newly acceded members of the European Union to be adopted. These criteria were adopted by the Copenhagen European Council in June 1993. We divide them into political and economic criteria.
Political Criteria:
Economic Criteria:
Copenhagen criteria were reflected in the Treaty of Amsterdam (Article 6 (1) of the consolidated TEU and in the European Constitution (Part 1, Article 2 - Values of the Union, Article 9 - Fundamental Rights and Title VI - Democratic Union Life and Charter of Fundamental Rights.
The progress of each country in the performance of the Copenhagen criteria has been evaluated annually by the European Commission (at the end of each year) and is reported in a periodic report. Bibliography
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