Poland

Leszek Miller, Prime Minister and Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland signing the Accession Treaty (Photo: European Commission)

With an area of over 312,000 km² and a population of 38.6 million, Poland was by far the largest country to join the EU on 1^st May 2004.

Has had a Europe Agreement since 1994, when it also applied for membership.

Poland has 27 votes out of 321 in the Council and 54 members in the EU Parliament, like Spain.

Links

http://www.kprm.gov.pl/

http://www.europarl.eu.int/enl....../applicants/poland_home_en.htm