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Events from 2024 in the European Union.
Incumbents[edit]
President of the European Council
Commission President
Council Presidency
Parliament President
High Representative
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 1 January – Belgium takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
February[edit]
- 1 February – The European Union formally approves a €50 billion financial support package for Ukraine after Hungary withdraws its veto. The package is expected to help the Ukrainian government pay pensions, salaries and other costs over the next four years with the first funds being released in March.[1]
May[edit]
- 15 May – Attempted assassination of Robert Fico: Prime Minister Robert Fico is critically injured in a shooting in Handlova. A suspect is apprehended and identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice.[2]
- 23 May – The German Alternative for Germany AfD is expelled from the Identity and Democracy.[3]
June[edit]
- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election
- 13 June – Hungary is fined 200 million euros, in addition to a daily one-million-euro fine by the European Court of Justice for "deliberately evading” compliance with European Union laws on migration and asylum seekers.[4]
- 18 June – Hungary's Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) leaves the European People's Party.[5][6][7][8] The Party is a Ally of Hungary's Fidesz which also left the European People's Party in 2021.
- 21 June – The Czech ANO 2011 party decided to unilaterally withdraw from Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group as well as Renew Europe.[9][10]
See also[edit]
Overviews[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ukraine support package worth €50bn agreed by EU leaders". BBC News. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ^ "Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting". BBC. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "Far-right ID group expels Alternative for Germany". POLITICO. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "EU fines Hungary €200 million for flouting asylum laws". France 24. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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- ^ Eddy Wax; Ketrin Jochecová (21 June 2024). "Former Czech PM Andrej Babiš quits liberal Renew group in EU Parliament". Politico.
- ^ "Statement on the decision of ANO to leave the ALDE Party". ALDE Party. 21 June 2024.