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List of events
Events from the year 2006 in the
European Union.
Incumbents
Events
- 1 January:
Austria takes the Presidency.
- 2 February:
- 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.
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