2020 in the European Union
Events from 2020 in the European Union.
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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
Events
January
- 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union.[1]
July
- July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.[2]
November
December
- 17 December – The European Court of Justice rules that EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter.[5][6]
See also

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References
- "Brexit: UK leaves the European Union". BBC News. BBC. 31 January 2019.
- "How the EU's Covid-19 vaccine rollout became an 'advert for Brexit'". France24. 6 February 2021.
- "EU faces crisis as Hungary and Poland veto seven-year budget". TheGuardian.com. 16 November 2020.
- "Hungary, Poland veto EU budget deal".
- "EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter, court rules – POLITICO". 17 December 2020.
- "I24NEWS".
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