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Candidates for EU membership
 EU expansion 1952 - 2007

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Applied for full membership: March 2004
Confirmed as candidate: December 2005

The European Commission welcomed the peaceful elections held in July 2006, but no date has yet been set for membership talks to begin.

It is likely that the talks will begin in 2008.

A date of 2012 has been suggested as a possible target for the country to join the EU.

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