Enlargement of 1995
The 1994 referendums on membership of four new nations were as follows:
- Austria - 66.6% in favour (12 June 1995)
- Finland - 56.9% in favour (16 October 1995)
- Sweden - 52.8% in favour (13 November 1995)
- Norway - 52.2% against (28 November 1995)
Austria, Sweden and Finland were admitted on 1 January 1995. As the referendum in Norway was 52.2% against joining, the proposal by the Norwegian government to join was rejected for the second time.
The Åland Islands, a dependency belonging to Finland, also voted (20 November 1994) on their accession to the European Union. With a turnout of 49.1% the result was 73.6% in favour, which means that EU law would also apply to the Åland Islands.
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