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January 1 - Czech Republic assumes the Presidency for the first time. [1]January 1 - Slovakia adopts the euro and becomes the 16th member of the Eurozone. [2] [3]January 1 - Deadline by which goods in all member states of the European Union must be sold in metric units (this has already been completed everywhere, except in the United Kingdom).
The 2009 European Parliament election was held in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) between 4 and 7 June 2009. [1] A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected to represent some 500 million [ 2 ] Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history.
2009 in the European Union; 0–9. 2009 Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union; A. Iceland–European Union relations; B. Birds Directive;
Another summit was held in Hluboká. European Ministers of Foreign Affairs met with Karel Schwarzenberg. [7] Summit was met with protests against Nuclear power plant in Temelín, against American Radar in the Czech Republic and against European Union. [8] On 24 March 2009, Czech government lost vote of no-confidence. [9]
The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2009. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2009.
The European debt crisis, often also referred to as the eurozone crisis or the European sovereign debt crisis, was a multi-year debt crisis that took place in the European Union (EU) from 2009 until the mid to late 2010s.
Poland is the only member of the European Union to have avoided recession, meaning that in 2009 Poland created the most GDP growth in the EU. As of December 2009 the Polish economy had not entered recession nor contracted, while its International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2010 GDP growth forecast of 1.9 per cent is expected to be upgraded.
The 2009 European Parliament election for the election of the delegation from the Netherlands was held on 4 June 2009. This is the 7th time the elections have been held for the European elections in the Netherlands. Sources for everything below: [1]