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List of events
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2019
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Decades:
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See also:
Other events of 2020
Timeline of EU history
Events from
2020
in the
European Union
.
Incumbents
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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
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David Sassoli
High Representative
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Josep Borrell
Events
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January
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31 January – The
United Kingdom
and
Gibraltar
left the
European Union
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[1]
July
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July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.
[2]
November
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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.
[3]
[4]
December
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17 December –
The European Court of Justice
rules that EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter.
[5]
[6]
See also
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Wikinews has related news:
European Union
European Union portal
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Modern history portal
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European Union
History of European Union
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Related timelines for current period
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2020
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2020s
References
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^
"Brexit: UK leaves the European Union"
.
BBC News
. BBC. 31 January 2020.
^
"How the EU's Covid-19 vaccine rollout became an 'advert for Brexit'
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. France24. 6 February 2021.
^
"EU faces crisis as Hungary and Poland veto seven-year budget"
.
TheGuardian.com
. 16 November 2020.
^
"Hungary, Poland veto EU budget deal"
.
^
"EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter, court rules – POLITICO"
. 17 December 2020.
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