2012 in the European Union explained

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 (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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Philips, LG Electronics, 4 others fined 1.47 billion Euros for EU cartel . The Economic Times . 5 December 2012 . 5 December 2012.