2020 in the European Union

Events from 2020 in the European Union.

Incumbents

• President of the European Council – Charles Michel
• Commission President – Ursula von der Leyen
• Council Presidency – Croatia (Jan – Jun 2020), Germany (July – Dec 2020)
• Parliament President – David Sassoli
• High Representative – Josep Borrell

Events

January

• 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union.

July

• July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.

November

• 17 November – Hungary and Poland veto the seven-year EU budget, over attempts to link funding to respect for rule of law. They both said that linking funding to rule of law will mean a loss to their nation's sovereignty.

December

• 17 December – The European Court of Justice rules that EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter.

See also

Country overviews

• European Union
• History of European Union
• Outline of European Union
• Politics of European Union
• Timeline of European Union history
• Years in European Union
• History of modern European Union
• Government of European Union

Related timelines for current period

• 2020
• 2020 in politics and government
• 2020s

References