2007 in the European Union
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Events from the year 2007 in the European Union.
Incumbents
[edit]- Commission President – José Manuel Barroso, People's Party
- Council Presidency – Germany (January–June) and Portugal (July–December)
- Parliament President – Josep Borrell, Socialists (to 16 January). Hans-Gert Pöttering, People's Party
- High Representative – Javier Solana, Socialists
Events
[edit]- 1 January – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.[1]
- 1 January – Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar.[2]
- 1 January – Irish becomes the 23rd official language of the EU.[3]
- 1 January – Germany takes over the EU Presidency.[4]
- 9 January – far right MEPs form a political group called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty.[5]
- 25 March – Berlin Declaration signed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
- 1 June – The REACH directive, described as "most important piece of EU legislation for 20 years", comes into force.[6]
- 23 June – EU leaders agree to a Reform Treaty (later named Treaty of Lisbon) to replace the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe rejected by Dutch and French voters in referendums.[7]
- 1 July – Portugal takes over the Presidency from Germany.[4]
- 23 July – Intergovernmental Conference on the Treaty of Lisbon starts.[8]
- 13 December 2007 – Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon
- 21 December – Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia implement the Schengen Agreement for overland borders and seaports.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bulgaria and Romania latest to join the EU
- ^ "Bank of Slovenia". Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ^ The EU says "dia dhuit"' to Irish
- ^ a b "German Presidency website". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
- ^ Far-right group formed in European Parliament
- ^ REACH EU chemical law comes into force
- ^ "EU leaders break treaty deadlock", EU Commission
- ^ "Portuguese Presidency". Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
- ^ ""Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News". 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2007.