2007 in the European Union

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Events from the year 2007 in the European Union.

## Incumbents

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* 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

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* 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

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* History of the European Union
* Timeline of European Union history

## References

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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. ^ a b "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

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

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