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1980
[Italy takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities.] -
1981
[Greece becomes the 10th member of the European Community.] -
1984
[The draft Treaty on the establishment of the European Union (Spinelli draft) is adopted by a large majority of the European Parliament.] -
1987
[The Bank of Spain signs an agreement to join the European Monetary System.] -
1988
[A cooperation agreement is signed between the Community and the members of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf; a joint political declaration is published.] -
1989
[Austria formally applies to join the European Community.] -
1989
[The Berlin Wall collapses. The German Democratic Republic opens its borders.] -
1990
[Aldo Angioi is elected President of the Court of Accounts.] -
1991
[Coup failed in the Soviet Union.] -
1993
[Denmark takes over the presidency of the council of European Communities. The single European market enters into force.] -
1996
[The 15 European Union Member States sign a convention on extradition and a protocol on protection of the European Union's financial interests. The Council adopts the corresponding acts.] -
1999
[The euro is officially launched. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal and Spain adopt the euro as their official currency.] -
2002
[GALILEO, Europe's satellite navigation and positioning system, is launched.] -
2005
[16th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.] -
2007
[Two more Eastern European countries, Bulgaria and Romania, join the EU, which has 27 Member States. Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey are also candidates for future accession.] -
2008
[The new "Open Skies Agreement" enters into force between the EU and the US: European and American airlines can fly unrestricted from anywhere in the EU to anywhere in the US and vice versa.] -
2009
[The "Stockholm Program", aimed at promoting the development of freedom, justice and security from 2010 to 2014, is approved at a meeting of the European Council in Brussels.] -
2010
[The EU offers 400 million euros for aid and reconstruction in Haiti, devastated by a earthquake of 7 degrees on the Richter scale.] -
2011
[The European Union activates its civil protection mechanism to coordinate the work of assistance and solidarity after the devastating earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in Japan.] -
2012
[The European Union receives the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony held in Oslo. The award recognizes the contribution of the EU for more than six decades to the promotion of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights.] -
2013
[Malala Yousafzai, a student and Pakistani girl advocate for the education of girls, receives the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Conscience from the European Parliament.] -
2014
[European elections are held in all EU countries and 751 MEPs are elected. The total participation is 43.09%.] -
2015
[A terrorist attack in Paris on the satirical magazine "Charlie Hebdo" unleashes demonstrations in Europe for freedom of expression, as well as new European initiatives to fight terrorism.] -
2016
[Terrorist attack in Nice (France): 87 dead and more than 300 wounded.] -
2017
[Malta takes over for the first time the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Its priorities are migration, security, social integration, the single market and European maritime and neighborhood policies.]
