List of events
Events from the year 2006 in the European Union.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January: Austria takes the Presidency.
- 20 January: Aho report on innovation published.[1]
- 2 February:
- 16 February: The Commission's 'Bolkestein Directive' is approved at its first reading by the MEPs admit large protests outside the Parliament.
- 7 April: .eu domain opens to the public.
- 4 May: The Commission adopts a green paper on the European Transparency Initiative.
- 3 June: Montenegro declares independence, leads to separate relations and accession negotiations.
- 21 June: Barroso attends EU-US summit in Vienna.
- 1 July: Finland takes the Presidency.
- 12 July: Kroes gives Microsoft a 280.5 million euro fine for its anti-competitive behaviour.
- 24 July: The Council adopts a common position on the Bolkestein Directive
- 28 July: Polish President Lech Kaczyński calls for EU member states to reintroduce the death penalty. This angers the EU.[3][4][5]
- 12 October: The Slovakian Smer-SD was temporarily suspended from membership in The Party of European Socialists (PES) for their plans to enter into coalition with the ultranationalist Slovak National Party (SNS).[6] This would happen again in 2023.
- 15 November: European Parliament adopts the Bolkestein Directive at its second reading.
- 12 December: Parliament approves the Bulgarian and Romanian Commissioners despite concerns over the weakness of the Multilingualism portfolio.
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President of the European Council
Wolfgang Schüssel (Jan – Jun 2006)
Matti Vanhanen (July – Dec 2006)
