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Events from the year 2007 in the European Union.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 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.^[3]
• 1 January - Germany takes over the EU Presidency.^[4]
• 9 January - far right MEPs form a political group called Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• 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.^[7]
• 1 July - Portugal takes over the Presidency from Germany.^[4]
• 23 July - Intergovernmental Conference on the Treaty of Lisbon starts.^[8]
• 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.^[9]

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