2023 in the European Union
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Events from 2023 in the European Union.
Incumbents
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Events
January
- 1 January –
- 4 January – Internet privacy regulators in Ireland fine Meta Platforms €390 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation on Facebook and Instagram.[3]
- 10 January – the Polish town of Świdnik abolished their LGBT-free zone in response to fearing that they would stop receiving EU subsidies.[4]
April
- 25 April – The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a carbon tariff on carbon-intensive products imported to the European Union from countries lacking sufficient greenhouse gas reduction measures of their own, a key part of the Fit for 55 package, is approved.[5][6]
June
- 15 June – In Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the Law and Justice party, says that the government might hold a referendum on EU migration policy.[7][8][9][10] The referendum would be similar to the 2016 Hungarian migrant quota referendum.
July
- 1 July – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- 18 July – the EU decided not to restart full membership negotiations with Turkey.[11]
October
- 12 October – After the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, the Party of European Socialists (PES) suspended Smer-SD and Hlas-SD over their plans to enter into coalition with SNS, which the PES views as a "radical-right party."[12]
- 15 October –
- 2023 Polish referendum Results: 96.79% voted against the admission of thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa, 96.04% voted against the removal of the barrier on the border between Poland and Belarus.
November
December
- 14 December: the European Council agree to open accession negotiations with Ukraine, as well as Moldova.[18][19] Hungary long opposed talks starting accession negotiations, did not veto the move. Prime Minister Viktor Orban left the room momentarily in what officials described as a pre-agreed and constructive manner, while the other 26 leaders went ahead with the vote.
- December: Start of the 2023–2024 European Union farmers' protests.
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References
- ↑ "Croatia set to join the euro area on 1 January 2023: Council adopts final required legal acts". European Council/Council of the European Union. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Schengen area: Council decides to lift border controls with Croatia". www.consilium.europa.eu. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ Satariano, Adam (4 January 2023). "Meta's Ad Practices Ruled Illegal Under E.U. Law". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ "Polish town yields to EU threat about LGBT free zones". cne.news. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
- ↑ "'Fit for 55': Council adopts key pieces of legislation delivering on 2030 climate targets". Council of the EU. 25 April 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ↑ "Voting record". 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ↑ "Poland's Kaczynski says EU migrant deal must be put to referendum". Reuters. 15 June 2023. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Head of Poland's ruling party calls for referendum on EU migration policies". Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Polish ruling party passes resolution condemning EU migrant relocation plan and announces referendum". 15 June 2023. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "Poland Seeks Referendum on EU Migrant Relocation Plans". Bloomberg. 15 June 2023. Archived from the original on 15 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ↑ "AP raporu: Türkiye'nin AB üyelik süreci mevcut koşullarda devam edemez" (in Turkish). Gazete Duvar. 18 July 2023.
- ↑ Wax, Eddy; Barigazzi, Jacopo; Jochecová, Ketrin (12 October 2023). "European socialists suspend Robert Fico's Smer party and its ally Hlas". Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ↑ Kassam, Ashifa (29 November 2023). "Government offices in EU can ban wearing of religious symbols, court rules". The Guardian.
- ↑ Bubola, Emma (29 November 2023). "Government Offices in E.U. Can Ban Wearing of Religious Symbols". The New York Times.
- ↑ "It's OK to ban wearing religious symbols at work, EU top court rules". 28 November 2023.
- ↑ Blenkinsop, Philip (28 November 2023). Maclean, William (ed.). "EU court says public employees may be barred from wearing head scarf". Reuters. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ↑ "EU states can ban religious symbols in public workplaces". 28 November 2023.
- ↑ "EU to open membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova". BBC News. 14 December 2023.
- ↑ "Megkezdik az uniós csatlakozási tárgyalásokat Ukrajnával". telex (in Hungarian). 14 December 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2024.