This is a list of events that have taken or will take place in Europe in 2026.
Incumbents European Union Presidency of the Council of the EU: Cyprus (January–June) Ireland (July–December)
Events January 1 January – Bulgaria adopts the euro and becomes the 21st member state of the eurozone. 6 January – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day. 12 January – Hungary grants asylum to former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro. 17 January – In Asunción, Paraguay, EU-commission-president Ursula von der Leyen signs EU–Mercosur Association Agreement with Mercosur. 18 January/8 February – 2026 Portuguese presidential election 21 January – EU–Mercosur Partnership Agreement, The European Parliament approves a measure by a vote of 334–324 to ask the European Court of Justice to rule on whether the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur can be applied before full ratification by all member states and whether its provisions restrict the EU's ability to set environmental and consumer health policies – a move that could delay the deal by two years. 26 January - EU-commission-president Ursula von der Leyen signs free treaty agreement, India–European Union Free Trade Agreement, with India. 27 January – 23 April – 2026 Slovak–Ukraine oil dispute The Spanish government announces amendments to immigration laws granting unauthorized migrants (potentially 500,000 migrants) legal residency of up to one year along with work permits. 29 January - EU sets more sanctions against government ministers of Iran, for example Iranian Interior minister and European Union sets Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on list of terror.BILD.de: Entscheidung in Brüssel, EU stuft Irans Revolutionsgarde als Terrororganisation ein (german), January 2026
February 6–22 February – The Winter Olympics are held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 10 February - The European Parliament voted for a new asylum policy and a EU-List of safe countries of origin.Die Zeit.de: EU-Parlament beschließt europaweite Liste sicherer Herkunftsstaaten, February 10, 2026News.de: Sichere Herkunftsländer Asyl: Mehrheit deutscher EU-Abgeordneter stimmen für Antrag, February 10, 2026 March 6 March – The European Commission rebukes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over remarks that Hungary interpreted as a threat against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. 6–15 March – The Winter Paralympics are held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. 22 March – 2026 Slovenian parliamentary election 24 March – 2026 Danish general election 24 March - The EU and Australia concluded negotiations on a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on March 24, 2026, aimed at removing over 99% of tariffs on EU exports and 98% of Australian goods exports to the EU.
April 12 April – 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election 19 April – 2026 Bulgarian parliamentary election 21 April – European Commission v Hungary 30 April The Parliament of Europe adopted a resolution, calling for a ban on conversion therapies in all member states of EU.WashingtonBlade: European parliament backs EU-wide conversion therapy ban, April 30, 2026 May 24 May - 2026 Cypriot legislative election 30 May - 2026 Maltese general election June 7 June – 2026 Armenian parliamentary election 7 June – 2026 Kosovan parliamentary election 12 June The EU Migration Pact takes effect. 19 June – Polish president Karol Nawrocki strips Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest state honour, after Zelenskyy honored a special operations forces unit with the name "Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army", a Nazi-collaborating organization that conducted a genocide against Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia.
July 2 July – Almost 1.2 million of Spain's undocumented migrants apply for legal status for the Spanish government amnesty plan. More than twice the expected number of 500,000. 30 July – Tens of thousands of migrants enter the Spanish enclave city of Ceuta from its border with Morocco. At least 18 people die in the process. 23 July – 2 August – 2026 Commonwealth Games August 19 August – Portugal bans face coverings in public.
September 2 September – 2026 Estonian presidential election 7 September – Thousands in Serbia, attended genocide convict Ratko Mladic's funeral in Belgrade, with the service being led by the Serbian Patriarch Porfirije. 13 September 2026 Swedish general election 15 September – The European Parliament lifts the legal immunity of extreme right-wing Polish deputy Grzegorz Braun, who may now face criminal charges for Holocaust denial. 20 September – 2026 Russian legislative election 27 September – The European Union pledges more than 710 million euros ($810 million) to aid those impacted by crises, natural disasters, or conflicts around the world, especially in Africa.
October
3 October 2026 Latvian parliamentary election
4 October – 2026 Bosnian general election
Scheduled and confirmed events 25 October – 2026 Bulgarian presidential election 25 October – 2026 Serbian parliamentary election 29 November – 2026 Spanish general election
See also
2026 in the European Union 2026 in politics
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