Other countries hoping to join the EU include Macedonia, which was granted official candidate status in 2005 but has not been given a starting date for its membership talks, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
Među drugim zemljama koje se nadaju pridruživanju EU su Makedonija, koja je dobila zvanični status kandidata 2005, ali joj nije određen datum početka razgovora o članstvu, kao i Albanija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Crna Gora i Srbija.