2024 in Europe
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| Years: | 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 |
This is a list of events that have taken or will take place in Europe in 2024.
Incumbents
[edit]European Union
[edit]- President of the European Commission: Ursula von der Leyen
- President of the Parliament: Roberta Metsola
- President of the European Council: Charles Michel
- Presidency of the Council of the EU:
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 1 January - Belgium assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain.
February
[edit]- 7 February - In Azerbaijan, the 2024 Azerbaijani presidential election took place.
- 25 February - In Belarus, the 2024 Belarusian parliamentary election took place.
- 26 February - In Hungary, the 2024 Hungarian presidential election took place.
March
[edit]- 7 March: Sweden joins NATO.
- 10 March: In Portugal, the 2024 Portuguese legislative election took place.
- 15-17 March: In Russia, the 2024 Russian presidential election took place.
- 27 March; In Malta, the 2024 Maltese presidential election took place.
April
[edit]- 6 April: In Slovakia, the 2024 Slovak presidential election took place.
- 17 April: In Croatia, the 2024 Croatian parliamentary election took place.
- 21 April: In Kosovo, the 2024 North Kosovo referendum took place.
- 24 April: In North Macedonia, the 2024 North Macedonian presidential election took place.
May
[edit]- 8 May – In North Macedonia, the 2024 North Macedonian parliamentary election took place.
- 12 May - In Lithuania, the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election took place.
- 15 May – Attempted assassination of Robert Fico: Prime Minister Robert Fico is critically injured in a shooting in Handlova. A suspect is apprehended and identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice.[1]
June
[edit]- 1 June - In Iceland, the 2024 Icelandic presidential election took place.
- 9 June – In Belgium, 2024 Belgian federal election took place.
- 9 June - In Bulgaria, June 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election took place.
- 9 June - In San Marino, 2024 San Marino general election took place.
- 13 June – Hungary is fined 200 million euros, in addition to a daily one-million-euro fine by the European Court of Justice for "deliberately evading” compliance with European Union laws on migration and asylum seekers.[2]
- 25 June: the European Union has decided to start full membership negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine.[3]
- 30 June – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz), former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO 2011) and former Austrian Minister of the Interior Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) form a new European group called the Patriots for Europe.[4]
July
[edit]- 1 July – The start of the 2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- 4 July - In United Kingdom, the 2024 United Kingdom general election took place.
- 7 July - In France, the second round in 2024 French legislative election took place.
- 10 July – the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) forms a new European group called Europe of Sovereign Nations. It will have Hungary's Our Homeland Movement, Bulgaria's Revival, Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy, Slovak Republic Movement.
September
[edit]- 1 September – In Germany, 2024 Thuringian state election: The Alternative for Germany AfD wins a plurality (32%) in elections for the Landtag of Thuringia, marking the first time that a far-right party won a state election in Germany since World War II.[5]
- 1 September - In Azerbaijan, the 2024 Azerbaijani parliamentary election took place.
- 20/21 September - In Czech Republic, the 2024 Czech Senate election took place.
- 29 September – In Austria, 2024 Austrian legislative election: The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) place first, winning 29.2% of the vote and achieving its best result in the party's history. It also marks the first time that a far-right party won a National election in Austria since World War II.[6][7][8]
October
[edit]- 13 October – In Lithuania, 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election took place.
- 20 October – In Moldova, 2024 Moldovan presidential election took place.
- 20 October - In Moldova, the 2024 Moldovan European Union membership referendum took place.
- 26 October – In Georgia, 2024 Georgian parliamentary election took place.
- 27 October – In Bulgaria the October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election took place.
November
[edit]- 24 November – In Romania, 2024 Romanian presidential election will take place.
- 30 November – In Iceland, 2024 Icelandic parliamentary election will take place.
December
[edit]- 1 December – In Romania, 2024 Romanian parliamentary election will take place.
Elections
[edit]- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election[9]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting". BBC. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "EU fines Hungary €200 million for flouting asylum laws". France 24. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Ukraine and Moldova start membership talks with the European Union". euronews. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Hungary: Orban announces new far-right European alliance – DW – 06/30/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "A German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second". Associated Press. 2 September 2024.
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- ^ "Council confirms 6 to 9 June 2024 as dates for next European Parliament elections" (Press release). Consilium Europe. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.