2007 in the European Union

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Events from the year 2007 in the European Union .

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

• History of the European Union
• Timeline of European Union history

References

1. Bulgaria and Romania latest to join the EU
2. "Bank of Slovenia". Archived from the original on 6 January 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
3. The EU says "dia dhuit"' to Irish
4. "German Presidency website". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2007.
5. Far-right group formed in European Parliament
6. REACH EU chemical law comes into force
7. "EU leaders break treaty deadlock", EU Commission
8. "Portuguese Presidency". Archived from the original on 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
9. ""Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News". 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2007.

External links

• Video: What has Europe done for you in 2007?