2012 in the European Union

Events from the year 2012 in the European Union.

Incumbents

• President of the European Council – Herman Van Rompuy
• Commission President – José Manuel Barroso
• Council Presidency – Denmark (January–June) and Cyprus (July–December)
• 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]

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