2007 in the European Union

March 2022 2007 the European Union European Union Template:Year in the EU: Parameter 1=year required! Flag of Europe.svg 90px Other events of 2007 Timeline of EU history thumb | right | alt=Celebration of 50 Years of European Union on 5th European Business Summit, 15-16 March 2007 | Celebration of 50 Years of European Union on 5th European Business Summit, 15-16 March 2007 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.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 2 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070106054626/http://www.bsi.si/en/economic-and-monetary-union.asp?MapaId=690 6 January 2007 dead 1 January – Irish becomes the 23rd official language of the EU.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 10 January 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701001206/http://www.eu2007.de/en/The_Council_Presidency/What_is_the_Presidency/index.html 1 July 2007 usurped dmy-all 9 January – far right MEPs form a political group called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty.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.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."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 2 July 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20110411175943/http://www.eu2007.pt/UE/ven/ 11 April 2011 dead 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.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm "Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News 2007-12-21 2007-12-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20071221044652/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm 21 December 2007 live See also History of the European Union Timeline of European Union history References External links Video: What has Europe done for you in 2007? 2007 in Category:Years of the 21st century in the European Union Category:2000s in the European Union