2012 in the European Union

Events from the year 2012 in the European Union.

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See also:	Other events of 2012 Timeline of EU history

Incumbents

• President of the European Council
  • Herman Van Rompuy
• Commission President
  • José Manuel Barroso
• Council Presidency
  • Denmark (Jan – Jun 2012)
  • Cyprus (July – 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.

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", 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 tubes in two cartels.^[1]