2020 in the European Union
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Events from 2020 in the European Union.
Incumbents
President of the European Council – 
Charles Michel- Commission President –
Ursula von der Leyen - Council Presidency –
Croatia (Jan – Jun 2020), Germany (July – Dec 2020) - Parliament President –
David Sassoli - High Representative –
Josep Borrell
Events
January
- 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union.[1]
July
- July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.[2]
November
- 17 November – Hungary and Poland veto the seven-year EU budget, over attempts to link funding to respect for rule of law. They both said that linking funding to rule of law will mean a loss to their nation's sovereignty.[3][4]
December
- 17 December – The European Court of Justice rules that EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter.[5][6]
See also
Country overviews
- European Union
- History of European Union
- Outline of European Union
- Politics of European Union
- Timeline of European Union history
- Years in European Union
- History of modern European Union
- Government of European Union
Related timelines for current period
References
- ^ "Brexit: UK leaves the European Union". BBC News. BBC. 31 January 2020.
- ^ "How the EU's Covid-19 vaccine rollout became an 'advert for Brexit'". France24. 6 February 2021.
- ^ "EU faces crisis as Hungary and Poland veto seven-year budget". TheGuardian.com. 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Hungary, Poland veto EU budget deal".
- ^ "EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter, court rules – POLITICO". 17 December 2020.
- ^ "I24NEWS".