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NEW MEMBER
The number of members of the community goes to ten with the accession of Greece, which can do so once the military regime lost power and democracy was re-established in 1974. Member States Members: Germany, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. New member StatesNuevo Member State: Greece. -
THORN PRESIDENT
The new Commission takes office with Gaston Thorn as President -
DENMARK
It meets in Copenhagen, Denmark, the European Council. Some priority objectives are set in the economic and social fields and their political commitment to enlargement is confirmed. -
GERMANY PRESIDENCY
Germany assumes the presidency of the Council of the European Communities. -
PIERRE PFLIMLIN
Pierre Pflimlin is elected President of the European Parliament. -
COMMITTEE OF GOVERNORS
The Committee of Governors of the central banks of the Member States adopts measures aimed at strengthening the European Monetary System (SME). -
Chernobyl Accident
The Chernobyl accident was a nuclear accident at the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant (3 km from the city of Pripyat, now Ukraine) on Saturday, 26 April 1986. It was considered the most serious on the International Nuclear Accident (major scale, level 7), is one of the largest environmental disasters in history. -
The EEC launches the "Erasmus" program
The EEC launches the "Erasmus" program, which offers scholarships to students wishing to study in another European country for a maximum of one year. More than two million young people have already been able to benefit from this program and others similar. -
The European Council meets in Rhodes,
The European Council meets in Rhodes, Greece. Progress on the 1992 objective is underlined, highlighting the significance of work on environmental protection and the importance of developing Europe's audiovisual capacity. -
THE FIRST GREAT GENERAL STRIKE IN DEMOCRACY
In Spain, the unions UGT and CC.OO. Convene a general strike which is
Massively and peacefully supported by the workers, which forces the government
Felipe González's Socialist Party to withdraw the labor reform it is proposing and
To increase social spending. Follow-up is above 95% of the active population. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 symbolizes the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, a process that had begun in Poland and Hungary. With the mass exodus of its population towards the West, the Government of East Germany opens its borders. Germany reunified after more than forty years, and its eastern part joined the EEC in October 1990. -
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Yugoslavia desappear
Yugoslavia disintegrates since its economic balance sheets are not good at all. Besides that the constant confrontations that they have with croatia, where later it is involved Serbian and Bosnian and herzegobina -
treaty of the EU
The Treaty on European Union is signed in Maastricht, the Netherlands. It is an important milestone for the EU, by setting clear rules for the future single currency, for foreign and security policy and for closer cooperation in justice and home affairs. Under the Treaty, the name "European Union" officially replaces that of "European Community". -
Same Marketing Process in EU
It establishes the single market and its four freedoms: the free movement of goods, services, people and capital is already a reality. There are more than 200 legal provisions adopted since 1986 in the areas of fiscal policy, economic activities, professional qualifications and other obstacles to the opening of borders. The free movement of certain services is postponed. -
New countries in the EU
The European Union began with 12 countries and this year was taking shape when Austria, Finland and Sweden entered. Spain, Portugal, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Denmark and Ireland -
Schengen Agreement
This treaty consists in that the inhabitants of the first 12 countries of the European union could travel to any of these without need of a visa or pasapot -
Second treaty in Amsterdam
In this second treaty began to include more to Austria, Sweden and Finland.
As the main theme in this opportunity are subjects such as human rights and unemployment -
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More countries in the EU
EU leaders agree to start the process of accession negotiations with ten Central and Eastern European countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The Mediterranean islands of Cyprus and Malta are also included. In 2000, the changes to the Treaty of Nice opened the door to EU enlargement through the reform of voting rules. -
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The second Chechen War
The Second Chechen War was initiated by Russia on 26 August 1999 following the invasion of neighboring Dagestan by Chechnya and guerrillas from the International Islamist Brigade and also motivated by a series of attacks in Russia that caused hundreds of deaths, The Chechens being accused of these acts. -
Air France Flight 4590
Air France Flight 4590 was a scheduled international flight from Paris, France, to New York City, on the Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde. On 25 July 2000, at time 16:43 CET, the aircraft serving the flight, registration F-BTSC, ran over debris on the runway during takeoff, blowing a tyre and puncturing a fuel tank, leading to fire and engine failure. All 100 passengers and nine crew members aboard the Concorde died when it crashed into a hotel in nearby Gonesse; -
INTRODUCTION OF EURO
On January 1, 2002, the new currency began to circulate, on January 3
96% of ATMs in the euro area already dispensed bills
In euros and one week after launch, more than half of the
Cash transactions were made in euros. Banknotes and coins
Nationals ceased to be legal tender on February 28, 2002; The euro is
Became the new currency of more than 300 million citizens in 12
Countries. -
Heat wave in Europe -
More than 37,000 Europeans, many of them elderly, die during one of the hottest summers, with record temperatures remaining above 30 and up to 40 degrees Celsius creating a major crisis. France and Italy are among the hardest hit countries, with a refrigerated tank outside Paris used to store corpses and Portugal and Spain fighting against forest fires. -
ATOCHA'S ATTACKS
In Madrid (Spain), at 7:37 a bomb explodes on a train near
In the Atocha station. Seconds later two more
Explosions on the same train. Panic and bewilderment invade
Platforms and escalators of the station. At 7:38 hours others explode
Two bombs in a convoy that is in the station of El Pozo and another pump -
7/7 Atacks in London
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, sometimes referred to as 7/7, were a series of coordinated terrorist suicide bomb attacks in central London which targeted civilians using the public transport system during the rush hour. -
Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. The groom, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, and second, after his father, in line to succeed his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. -
CELEBRATION OF FELIPE VI
In Madrid, Spain, and after announcing last day 2 King Juan Carlos I his intention to
Abdicate in favor of his son Prince Felipe, takes place, in a solemn act that is celebrated in the
Plenary hall of the Congress of Deputies, the coronation as King of his son, who will reign
As Felipe VI. -
Terrorist attack in Nice, France
A 19 tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and injuring 434. The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian resident of France. The attack ended following an exchange of gunfire, during which Lahouaiej-Bouhlel was shot and killed by police. -
Istanbul nightclub shooting
A mass shooting occurred at a nightclub in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 January 2017. The attack occurred at about 01:15 FET at the Reina nightclub in Ortaköy, where hundreds of people were celebrating the New Year. At least 39 people were killed and at least 70 were injured in the incident. The gunman, Abdulkadir Masharipov, was arrested in the city on January 17, 2017, and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed credit for his actions. -
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Brexit
Brexit is a commonly used term for the United Kingdom's planned withdrawal from the European Union. Following the 2016 referendum vote to leave, the UK government started the withdrawal process on 29 March 2017, putting the UK on course to leave by April 2019.
