2025 in the European Union

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Events from 2025 in the European Union.

Incumbents

• President of the European Council
  • António Costa
• Commission President
  • Ursula von der Leyen
• Council Presidency
  • Poland (Jan – Jun)
  • Denmark (July – Dec)
• Parliament President
  • Roberta Metsola
• High Representative
  • Kaja Kallas

Events

January

• 1 January
  • Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary. ^{[1] [2]}
  • Bulgaria and Romania complete the process of joining the Schengen Area, lifting land border controls. ^[3]
• 8 January–2 February – The 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Croatia, Denmark and Norway. ^[4]
• 12 January – 2024–25 Croatian presidential election (second round): Incumbent president Zoran Milanović wins a second term in office with 74% of the vote. ^[5]
• 27 January – Slovakia, Prime Minister: Robert Fico announces plans for constitutional amendments to the Constitution of Slovakia. One would place the constitution higher than international treaties and agreements, another would formally recognize only two genders (Male and female), restrict "gender transition" and prohibit the adoption of children by same-sex couples. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

February

• 9 February – Patriots.eu hosted a rally in Madrid with the theme 'Make Europe Great Again', which was addressed by Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders, Santiago Abascal, Matteo Salvini, Andrej Babiš, Martin Helme, Krzysztof Bosak and other party leaders. ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• 22 February – Hungary, Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán delivers the annual State of the Nation address. He introduces expansion of some welfare measures, ^[13] announces constitutional amendments to protect the " right to use cash", and to mandate the existence of only two genders. He also threatens to ban pride parades in Hungary. ^[14]
• 23 February – 2025 German federal election was held.

March

• 1 March – In Romania, Tens of thousands gather at an AUR protest in Bucharest in support of Călin Georgescu and against the annulment of the 2024 Romanian presidential election. ^[15]
• 8 March–17 March – 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin. ^[16]
• 9 March – The Romanian Central Electoral Bureau rejects Călin Georgescu's candidacy for the 2025 Romanian presidential election, citing his failure to comply with electoral regulations that contributed to the annulment of the 2024 Romanian presidential election. ^{[17] [18]}
• 15 March – The Romanian Central Electoral Bureau rejects Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă's candidacy for the 2025 Romanian presidential election. Becoming the second Far Right candidate to be excluded to run. ^{[19] [20]}
• 31 March – In France, Marine Le Pen from the National Rally (RN) is banned from running for political office for five years, meaning she cannot stand in the 2027 French presidential election. ^{[21] [22] [23] [24]}

April

• 3–4 April –
  • The first European Union–Central Asia summit is held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan
• April 9 –
  • In Germany, The CDU announces a coalition agreement with the SPD at the federal level. ^[25]
  • The Alternative for Germany AfD finishes as the leading party for the first time in opinion polling. ^[26]
• April 14 – The Hungarian Parliament passes the constitutional amendments outlawing public events by the LGBTQ+ community. ^[27] The constitutional amendments, will also protect the "right to use cash", mandate the existence of only two genders (male or female). ^{[28] [29]}

May

• May 2 – The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution designates the German Alternative for Germany AfD party as a right-wing extremist organisation. ^[30]
• 4/18 May – 2025 Romanian presidential election was held.
• May 5 – The AfD sues the Federal Office for the Protection of Constitution, accusing it of violating the German constitution by trying to prosecute AfD for saying ideas which are considered freedom of speech and legitimate criticism of German immigration policies. ^{[31] [32]}
• May 18 – 2025 Polish presidential election was held.
• May 20 – the Hungarian National Assembly approved a bill to initiate the country's withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), marking Hungary as the first European Union member state to take such action. ^{[33] [34]}

June

• June 20 – Following the expulsion of Luxembourgish Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) MEP Fernand Kartheiser from the ECR group for visiting Russia, the Patriots for Europe group approached the ADR for talks. ^[35]

July

• July – Ursula von der Leyen president of the European Commission survives a vote of confidence, 360-175. EPP, S&D, Renew Europe and Greens/EFA and parts of ECR supported her, While PfE, ESN, The Left and parts of ECR opposed her. ^[36]
• July 17 – The Slovenia government designates Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich "persona non grata" over their role in human rights violations against Palestinians. ^[37] a first in the European Union.
• July 30 – The Slovenia government announces a complete ban on the import, export, and transit of arms and military equipment to and from Israel over its actions in the Gaza War. ^[38] a first in the European Union.

September

• 26 September – The National Council of Slovakia passes the government's constitutional amendment. It will give national law precedence over EU law, recognize only two genders (Male and female), ban surrogacy and adoption by same-sex couples. It will also include a equal pay for men and women. ^{[39] [40] [41]}

Scheduled events

• October 3/4 – 2025 Czech parliamentary election will be held.
• October 27 – 2025 Irish presidential election will be held.
• October 29 – 2025 Dutch general election will be held.

See also

• European Union portal
• Current events portal
• Europe portal
• Modern history portal

Overviews

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• Timeline of European Union history
• Years in European Union
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• Government of European Union

Related timelines for current period

• 2025
• 2025 in Europe
• 2020s

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