2023 in the European Union

Events from 2023 in the European Union.

Incumbents

 * 🇪🇺 President of the European Council
 * 🇧🇪 Charles Michel
 * 🇪🇺 Commission President
 * 🇩🇪 Ursula von der Leyen
 * 🇪🇺 Council Presidency
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden (Jan – Jun)
 * 🇪🇸 Spain (July – Dec)
 * 🇪🇺 Parliament President
 * 🇲🇹 Roberta Metsola
 * 🇪🇺 High Representative
 * 🇪🇸 Josep Borrell

January

 * 1 January – Croatia adopted the euro and became the 20th member state of the eurozone. They entered the Schengen area and became the 23rd European union member to do so, and the 27th states to accede to the union overall
 * 4 January – Internet privacy regulators in Ireland fine Meta Platforms €390 million for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation on Facebook and Instagram.

July

 * 18 July – the EU decided not to restart full membership negotiations with Turkey.

October

 * 12 October – After the 2023 Slovak parliamentary election, the Party of European Socialists (PES) suspended Smer-SD and Hlas-SD over their plans to enter into coalition with SNS, which the PES views as a "radical-right party."

November

 * 28 November – The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that EU states can prohibit their employees from wearing signs of religious belief such as the Islamic headscarve.

Predicted and scheduled events

 * 28 October – A partial lunar eclipse will be visible in the evening and the next morning over Europe and most of Africa and Asia, and will be the 11th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 146.

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