2006 in the European Union
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Events from the year 2006 in the European Union.
Incumbents[edit]
President of the European Council 
Wolfgang Schüssel (Jan – Jun 2006)
Matti Vanhanen (July – Dec 2006)
- Commission President
- Council Presidency:
- Parliament President
- High Representative
Events[edit]
- 1 January: Austria takes the Presidency.
- 2 February:
- The Commission launches a white paper on communication policy.
- European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini backs the freedom of speech of Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten during the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.[1]
- 16 February: The Commission's 'Bolkestein Directive' is approved at its first reading by the MEPs admit large protests outside the Parliament.
- 7 April: .eu domain opens to the public.
- 4 May: The Commission adopts a green paper on the European Transparency Initiative.
- 3 June: Montenegro declares independence, leads to separate relations and accession negotiations.
- 21 June: Barroso attends EU-US summit in Vienna.
- 1 July: Finland takes the Presidency.
- 12 July: Kroes gives Microsoft a 280.5 million euro fine for its anti-competitive behaviour.
- 24 July: The Council adopts a common position on the Bolkestein Directive
- 15 November: European Parliament adopts the Bolkestein Directive at its second reading.
- 12 December: Parliament approves the Bulgarian and Romanian Commissioners despite concerns over the weakness of the Multilingualism portfolio.
References[edit]
- ^ "Statement by Vice-President Franco Frattini on cartoons published by a Danish newspaper". European Commission. 2 February 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.