At the same time, EU Member States (with the notable exception of Denmark and the United Kingdom) are committed to striving for the eventual adoption of the euro. 2  Croatia and Turkey are candidate countries. They started accession negotiations on 3 October 2005.
In December 2005, the European Council granted the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia the status of a candidate country; accession negotiations have not started. All the other Western Balkan countries are potential candidate countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia including Kosovo under UN Security Council Resolution 1244.