2007 in the European Union

• Commission President – José Manuel Barroso, People's Party
• Council Presidency – Germany (January–June) and Portugal (July–December)
• Parliament President – Josep Borrell, Socialists (to 16 January). Hans-Gert Pöttering, People's Party
• High Representative – Javier Solana, Socialists

• 1 January – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union.[http://ec.europa.eu/news/external_relations/070101_1_en.htm Bulgaria and Romania latest to join the EU]
• 1 January – Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bsi.si/en/economic-and-monetary-union.asp?MapaId=690 |title=Bank of Slovenia |access-date=2 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106054626/http://www.bsi.si/en/economic-and-monetary-union.asp?MapaId=690 |archive-date=6 January 2007 |url-status=dead }}
• 1 January – Irish becomes the 23rd official language of the EU.[http://ec.europa.eu/news/around/061222_irl_en.htm The EU says "dia dhuit"' to Irish]
• 1 January – Germany takes over the EU Presidency.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eu2007.de/en/The_Council_Presidency/What_is_the_Presidency/index.html |title=German Presidency website |access-date=10 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701001206/http://www.eu2007.de/en/The_Council_Presidency/What_is_the_Presidency/index.html |archive-date=1 July 2007 |url-status=usurped |df=dmy-all }}
• 9 January – far right MEPs form a political group called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty.[http://euobserver.com/9/23223 Far-right group formed in European Parliament]
• 25 March – Berlin Declaration signed to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
• 1 June – The REACH directive, described as "most important piece of EU legislation for 20 years", comes into force.[http://www.theparliament.com/EN/News/200705/26efccdb-8fc6-47b4-a140-2be556fdfcf4.htm REACH EU chemical law comes into force]
• 23 June – EU leaders agree to a Reform Treaty (later named Treaty of Lisbon) to replace the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe rejected by Dutch and French voters in referendums.[http://ec.europa.eu/news/eu_explained/070625_1_en.htm "EU leaders break treaty deadlock", EU Commission]
• 1 July – Portugal takes over the Presidency from Germany.
• 23 July – Intergovernmental Conference on the Treaty of Lisbon starts.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eu2007.pt/UE/vEN/ |title=Portuguese Presidency |access-date=2 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411175943/http://www.eu2007.pt/UE/ven/ |archive-date=11 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• 13 December 2007 – Signing of the Treaty of Lisbon
• 21 December – Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia implement the Schengen Agreement for overland borders and seaports.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm|title="Europe's border-free zone expands", BBC News|accessdate=2007-12-21 | date=2007-12-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071221044652/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7153490.stm| archivedate= 21 December 2007 | url-status= live}}

• History of the European Union
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