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When did Finland join the European Union?

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Finland became a full member of the European Union in 1995.123

Prior to this, Finland had been a member of the European Free Trade Association, but it left that organization to join the EU following the collapse of the Soviet Union, which had previously restricted Finland's ability to join certain international organizations.13