2012 in the European Union

Events in the year 2012 in the European Union.

Incumbents

• President of the European Council
• Herman Van Rompuy
• Commission President
• José Manuel Barroso
• Council Presidency
• Denmark (Jan – Jun 2012)
• Cyprus (July – Dec 2012)
• Parliament President
• Martin Schulz
• High Representative
• Catherine Ashton

Events

January

• 1 January – Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Poland.
• 11 January – The European Commission presented its E-Commerce Action Plan.

March

• 2 March – The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union signed.

July

• 1 July – Cyprus takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Denmark.

October

• The Liikanen report, "Report of the European Commission's High-level Expert Group on Bank Structural Reform", was published.

December

• 5 December – The antitrust regulators of European Commission fined Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI, Panasonic, Toshiba and Technicolor for price fixing of TV cathode-ray tubes in two cartels.

References