2007 in the European Union

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 (Jan-Jun) and Portugal (July-Dec)
*Parliament President - Josep Borrell, Socialists (until 16 January). Hans-Gert Pöttering, People's Party
*High Representative - Javier Solana, Socialists

Events

* 1 January - Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. [ [http://ec.europa.eu/news/external_relations/070101_1_en.htm Bulgaria and Romania latest to join the EU] ]
* 1 January - Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar. [ [http://www.bsi.si/en/economic-and-monetary-union.asp?MapaId=690 Bank of Slovenia] ]
* 1 January - Irish becomes the 23rd official language of the EU. [ [http://ec.europa.eu/news/around/061222_irl_en.htm The EU says "dia dhuit"' to Irish] ]
* 1 January - Germany takes over the EU Presidency. [http://www.eu2007.de/en/The_Council_Presidency/What_is_the_Presidency/index.html German Presidency website] ]
* 9 January - far right MEPs form a political group called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty. [ [http://euobserver.com/9/23223 Far-right group formed in European Parliament] ]
* 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. [ [http://www.theparliament.com/EN/News/200705/26efccdb-8fc6-47b4-a140-2be556fdfcf4.htm REACH EU chemical law comes into force] ]
* 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. [ [http://ec.europa.eu/news/eu_explained/070625_1_en.htm "EU leaders break treaty deadlock", EU Commission] ]
* 1 July - Portugal takes over the Presidency from Germany.
* 23 July - Intergovernmental Conference on the Treaty of Lisbon starts. [ [http://www.eu2007.pt/UE/vEN/ Portuguese Presidency] ]
* 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. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm|title="Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News|accessdate=2007-12-21]

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