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]
• 1 January - Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro.^[2]
• 1 January - Slovenia starts the presidency of European Union as the first of new member states.^[3]
• 29 March - Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia implement the Schengen Agreement for airports.^[4]
• 1 July - France takes over the Presidency from Slovenia.

References

1. Cyprus and Malta set to join eurozone in 2008, EurActiv
2. Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the euro Archived February 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., EUbusiness
3. Slovenian EU presidency Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
4. ""Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News". 2007-12-21. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-21.

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