European Union timeline

The Schuman Declaration

Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto... Read more

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II) signed

Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip or Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement, or simply the Interim Agreement, also known as Oslo... Read more

Bulgaria and Romania Join the European Union

On 1 January 2007, Romania and Bulgaria became the EU's newest members and Slovenia adopted the euro. In June 2009 the 2009 elections which later... Read more

The Czech Republic Takes Over The Presidency Of The Council Of The European Union From France.

The Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the... Read more

Sweden Assumes The Presidency Of The European Union

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. Committed to regional integration, the... Read more

European Union Officials Consider Removing All 27 Ambassadors from Iran

PARIS — Iran courted new levels of post-election isolation from the European Union on Wednesday as European diplomats pondered whether to withdraw... Read more

Iceland's Parliament Votes To Join The EU

The relationship between Iceland and the European Union is currently defined through Iceland's membership of the European Economic Area (EEA),... Read more

Vaclav Klaus of Czech Republic Signs Lisbon Treaty

Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, paving the way for the bloc's reform treaty to become law within a... Read more

European Union Celebrates First Day of Lisbon Treaty

Top European Union officials attended a ceremony Tuesday to mark the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty, which is designed to ensure the bloc... Read more

EU Leaders Call on Gadhafi to Step Down

It’s time for Moammar Gadhafi to go, the leaders of the EU have declared following an emergency meeting in Brussels. The leaders will “examine all... Read more

European Leaders and Banks Reach Debt Deal to Save Euro

It was approaching 2 a.m. Thursday, not long before the Asian markets would open, and the two leaders were desperately trying to nail down the last... Read more

Greek Prime Minister Papandreou Announces Referendum on EU Bailout

The Greek prime minister, George Papandreou, stunned Europe's leaders on Monday after he proposed that his country should hold a referendum on the... Read more

Reports Indicate Greek Prime Minister Ready to Drop Referendum on EU Bailout

Officials close to Greek prime minister tell the Associated Press and Reuters that the controversial bailout referendum has been scrapped. Read more

Greek Prime Minister Papandreou Survives Confidence Vote

Prime Minister George Papandreou, fresh from winning a confidence vote, will attempt to shore up support for an international rescue after Greece’s... Read more

Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi Offers to Quit Power

For years, Mr. Berlusconi clung to power while fending off sex scandals and corruption trials. In the end, however, the fall of Europe's most... Read more

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Relinquishes Power

With his country swept up in Europe’s debt crisis and his once-mighty political capital spent, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi resigned on... Read more