2020 in the European Union
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Events from 2020 in the European Union.
Incumbents
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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]
- 29 July - Commissioner Dalli announced that applications for EU-funded town twinnings from six Polish towns had been rejected because of their adoption of "LGBT-free" or "family rights" resolutions.[3]
August
- 18 August - Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro announce that the town of Tuchów in southern Poland would now receive 250,000 zlotys ($67,800) from the ministry's Justice Fund, to compensate for the EU funding reversal for its supports for LGBT-free zone.[4]
November
December
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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.
- ↑ euronews, July 2020
- ↑ Charlish, Alan; Florkiewicz, Pawel; Plucinska, Joanna (18 August 2020). "Polish 'LGBT-free' town gets state financing after EU funds cut". Reuters. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020.
- ↑ "EU faces crisis as Hungary and Poland veto seven-year budget". TheGuardian.com. 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Hungary, Poland veto EU budget deal".
- ↑ "EU leaders back deal to end budget blockade by Hungary and Poland". POLITICO. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ↑ "EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter, court rules – POLITICO". 17 December 2020.
- ↑ "I24NEWS".