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Bulgaria and Romania became members on 1 January 2007, but the application of certain policy areas of the European Union to Bulgaria and Romania was deferred to a later date. These were: Schengen Area (see enlargement of the Schengen Area): partial application from March 31, 2024, full application from January 1, 2025
Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007; [1] [2] the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. [3]
2007 European Parliament election in Romania: The Democratic Party wins the first election for the European Parliament in Romania with 28.81% of all votes (13 seats). The Social Democratic Party came in second with 23.11% (10 seats), followed by the PNL (13.44%, 6 seats), PLD (7.78%, 3 seats) and UDMR (5.52%, 2 seats).
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]
The Năstase government also took steps towards European integration, although the path was set by the ex-president, Constantinescu. The government successfully finalised negotiations with the European Union on most subjects, and 2007 was set as a tentative date for admission into the Union.
In 2018, Daniel Dragomir, suggested on Facebook that Romania should leave the European Union (EU). Dragomir, a nationalist against the anti-corruption policies of the country and a former Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) member, stated that EU membership was affecting Romanian national sovereignty and that Brussels was "robbing from us".
Romania's national currency is the leu / RON.After Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007, the country became required to replace the leu with the euro once it meets all four euro convergence criteria, as stated in article 140 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. [1]
Croatia joined the European Union as a full member on July 1, 2013, while Romania joined on January 1, 2007. Cyprus: 1960-08-16: See Foreign relations of Cyprus [11] [12] Cyprus joined the European Union as a full member on May 1, 2004, while Romania joined on January 1, 2007. Romania has an embassy in Nicosia [13] and an honorary consulate in ...