2020 in the European Union

Events from 2020 in the European Union.

Incumbents

 * 🇪🇺 President of the European Council – 🇧🇪 Charles Michel
 * 🇪🇺 Commission President – 🇩🇪 Ursula von der Leyen
 * 🇪🇺 Council Presidency – Croatia (Jan – Jun 2020), 🇩🇪 Germany (July – Dec 2020)
 * 🇪🇺 Parliament President – 🇮🇹 David Sassoli
 * 🇪🇺 High Representative – 🇪🇸 Josep Borrell

January

 * 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union.

July

 * July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.

November

 * 17 November – Hungary and Poland veto the seven-year EU budget, over attempts to link funding to respect for rule of law. They both said that linking funding to rule of law will mean a loss to their nation's sovereignty.

December

 * 17 December – The European Court of Justice rules that EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter.

Country overviews

 * European Union
 * History of European Union
 * Outline of European Union
 * Politics of European Union
 * Timeline of European Union history
 * Years in European Union
 * History of modern European Union
 * Government of European Union

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 * 2020
 * 2020 in politics and government
 * 2020s