2008 in the European Union
Years in the European Union: | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 |
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Years: | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 |
Events in the year 2008 in the European Union.
2008 was designated as:
Incumbents
- Commission President: José Manuel Barroso, People's Party
- Council Presidency: Slovenia (January – June) France (July - December)
- Parliament President: Hans-Gert Pöttering, People's Party
- High Representative: Javier Solana, Socialists
Events
- 1 January - Cyprus and Malta join the eurozone.[1]
- 1 January - Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro.[2]
- 1 January - Slovenia starts the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.[3]
- 29 March - Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia implement the Schengen Agreement for airports.[4]
- 1 July - France takes over the Presidency from Slovenia.
References
- Cyprus and Malta set to join eurozone in 2008 Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine, EurActiv
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro Archived February 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, EUbusiness
- Slovenian EU presidency Archived May 16, 2007, at Archive.today
- ""Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News". 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
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