2008 in the European Union

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Events in the year 2008 in the European Union.

2008 was designated as:

• European Year of Intercultural Dialogue

Incumbents

• Commission President: José Manuel Barroso, People's Party
• Council Presidency: Slovenia (January – June) France (July - December)
• Parliament President: Hans-Gert Pöttering, People's Party
• High Representative: Javier Solana, Socialists

Events

• 1 January - Cyprus and Malta join the eurozone.
• 1 January - Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro.
• 1 January - Slovenia starts the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.
• 29 March - Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia implement the Schengen Agreement for airports.
• 1 July - France takes over the Presidency from Slovenia.

References

Video: What has Europe done for you in 2008?