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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 â Jun 2012)
Cyprus (July â 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 tube
s in two cartels.
References