2010 Disaster European construction
Sovereign debt crisis
The euro area urgently creates unprecedented financial solidarity mechanisms.
A shared history
European construction did not begin in 1950. This thread links the ancient inheritance, the Judeo-Christian matrix and the contemporary Union.
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European integration 10 events2011 Treaty European construction Andorra
Monetary agreement with the EU
The principality is authorised to mint its own euro coins.
2012 Treaty European construction Serbia
Candidate status for Serbia
Serbia becomes a Union candidate; negotiations open in 2014.
2013 Event Contemporary period Ukraine
Euromaidan
The refusal to sign the EU association agreement triggers months of protest.
2013 Event European construction Croatia
Accession of Croatia to the Union
As the twenty-eighth member state, Croatia is the first Western Balkan country to enter.
2014 Event European construction Latvia
Euro adoption in Latvia
The lats gives way to the euro five years after one of Europe’s severest financial crises.
2015 Disaster European construction
Migration crisis
More than a million asylum seekers arrive in a single year; Schengen is put to the test.
2016 Event European construction
British referendum
51.9 % of voters choose to leave the Union: a first in the history of European construction.
2017 Event Contemporary period Montenegro
NATO accession of Montenegro
The country joins the Alliance despite strong internal opposition.
2018 Treaty European construction North Macedonia Greece
Prespa Agreement
The compromise with Greece over the name unlocks thirty years of diplomatic deadlock.