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5 euro note from the new Europa series written in Latin (EURO) and Greek (ΕΥΡΩ) alphabets, but also in the Cyrillic (ЕВРО) alphabet, as a result of Bulgaria joining the European Union in 2007. With this accession, Cyrillic became the third official alphabet of the EU, after the Latin and Greek alphabets. [7]
1 January – Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union. [1]1 January – Slovenia adopts the Euro as its official currency, replacing the tolar. [2]1 January – Irish becomes the 23rd official language of the EU.
According to the EU treaties, membership of the European Union is open to "any European State which respects the values referred to in Article 2 and is committed to promoting them" (TEU Article 49). Those Article 2 values are "respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the ...
The signing of the Treaty of Lisbon took place in Lisbon, Portugal, on 13 December 2007.The Government of Portugal, by virtue of holding Presidency of the Council of the European Union at the time, arranged a ceremony inside the 15th-century Jerónimos Monastery, the same place Portugal's treaty of accession to the European Union (EU) had been signed in 1985. [1]
The Treaty on the European Union (2007) is one of the primary Treaties of the European Union, alongside the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). The TEU forms the basis of EU law , by setting out general principles of the EU's purpose, the governance of its central institutions (such as the Commission, Parliament, and Council ...
The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2007. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2007.
The Lisbon Treaty creates two different ways for further amendments of the European Union treaties: an ordinary revision procedure which is broadly similar to the present process in that it involves convening an intergovernmental conference, and a simplified revision procedure whereby Part three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European ...
July 10 – August 4: The Arktika 2007 expedition commences, which is the first crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole. Summer : The Dissenters March , which began in December 2006, continue throughout the summer.