2012 in the European Union

Events from the year 2012 in the European Union.

Incumbents

 * 🇪🇺 President of the European Council
 * 🇧🇪 Herman Van Rompuy
 * 🇪🇺 Commission President
 * José Manuel Barroso
 * 🇪🇺 Council Presidency
 * Denmark (Jan – Jun 2012)
 * 🇨🇾 Cyprus (July – Dec 2012)
 * 🇪🇺 Parliament President
 * 🇩🇪 Martin Schulz
 * 🇪🇺 High Representative
 * Catherine Ashton

January

 * 1 January – Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Poland.

March

 * 2 March – The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union signed.

July

 * 1 July – Cyprus takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Denmark.

October

 * The Liikanen report, "Report of the European Commission's High-level Expert Group on Bank Structural Reform", published.

December

 * 5 December – The antitrust regulators of European Commission fined Philips, LG Electronics, Samsung SDI, Panasonic, Toshiba and Technicolor for price fixing of TV cathode-ray tubes in two cartels.