Events in the year 2012 in the European Union.
Incumbents President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy Commission President José Manuel Barroso Council Presidency Denmark (Jan – Jun 2012) Cyprus (July – Dec 2012) Parliament President Martin Schulz High Representative Catherine Ashton
Events
January 1 January – Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Poland. 11 January – The European Commission presented its E-Commerce Action Plan.Computer & Communications Industry Association, European Commission Presents E-Commerce Action Plan, accessed on 7 March 2026
March 2 March – The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union signed.
July 1 July – Cyprus takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Denmark.
October The Liikanen report, "Report of the European Commission's High-level Expert Group on Bank Structural Reform", was published.
December 5 December – The antitrust regulators of European Commission fined Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI, Panasonic, Toshiba and Technicolor for price fixing of TV cathode-ray tubes in two cartels.
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