40 years ago, the Single European Act was signed in Luxembourg.
It gave new momentum to the European project by:
⭐ creating a market without frontiers
⭐ increasing the European Parliament's power
⭐ enhancing the EU's role in the environment, research, and social policy
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🇪🇺 📂✨ New at HAEU: ~3200 Council of the EU files (1958–1995) have been digitised and are now available for online consultation.
Collections cover Council meetings, working groups, and EC budgetary files.
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🌿 Honoured to receive a #VibekeSørensenGrant from the #EuropeanUniversityInstitute for a month-long research stay at the #HistoricalArchives of the #EU in Florence 🇮🇹 this autumn.
A prestigious award supporting archival work on European integration. More soon! ✨
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Forty years ago, the Commission led by Jacques Delors took office.
⬇️ Here are 12 of Jacques Delors’ most inspiring quotes, capturing his enduring wisdom and foresight.
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Jacques Delors sitting at his desk with his glasses in his hand. He looks to someone away from the camera. Behind him is a wall-mounted world map.
#OnThisDay forty years ago, Jacques Delors took office as President of the European Commission.
His legacy includes the creation of the Single Market, the launch of the Erasmus Programme, and laying the foundations of the euro.
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The European Commission headquarters building in Brussels, illuminated in green with a banner promoting the "Next Generation EU" initiative visible on the façade during the evening
💚 5 years since the EU Green Deal was launched
The #EUGreenDeal is our growth strategy which set out how to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
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The Treaty of Lisbon open book with red ribbons placed as markers, resting on a background featuring the European Union flag with yellow stars on a blue field.
Officials signing the Treaty of Lisbon, in the background is a huge Portuguese flag
📜 15 years since the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon
The Treaty came into force in December 2009, together with the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
It made the EU more democratic, more efficient and better able to address global problems with one voice.
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A display of national flags from European Union member states alongside the EU flag, all mounted on tall flagpoles under a clear blue sky. 25 flags are represented following the 2004 enlargement.
🇪🇺 20 years since the enlargement of 10 new member states
Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia joined the EU in 2004.
This has been the largest enlargement in terms of people and number of countries.
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A meeting room with a large display featuring the Euro symbol encircled by the European Union stars. A digital screen shows exchange rates or currency values on the left.
💶 25 years since the launch of the euro
On 1 January 1999, 11 EU countries fixed their exchange rates, agreed to follow a single monetary policy entrusted to the European Central Bank, and launched their new common currency on world financial markets.
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🤝 30 years since the first constituent meeting of @EU_CoR
The European Committee of the Regions held its inaugural plenary session in March 1994.
It is an advisory body that is the voice of regions and cities in the European Union.
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A close-up of a hand holding the European Economic Area Agreement. In the background, a meeting room with delegates seated around.
🇮🇸🇳🇴🇱🇮 🤝🏻 🇪🇺 30 years of the European Economic Area agreement
On 1 January 1994, the EU Member States and the EEA EFTA States — Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway — converged on the internal market. The agreement ensures the freedom of movement for goods, services, and people.
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© Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. A photo of the NOEMA Observatory in the Plateau de Bure, French Alps under a starry sky.
📚 40 years of the Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development
The Framework Programmes began in 1984 and continue to this day. They support and foster research. Horizon Europe is the current and 9th Framework Programme.
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A black and white photo of the European Parliament hemicycle.
🗳️ 45 years since the first European elections
The first European elections were held in June 1979 – a historic moment when Simone Veil was elected as the first female president of the European Parliament.
The June 2024 elections marked the 10th EU election in history.
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Photo of Jacques-René Rabier, Special Advisor in charge of public opinion surveys (Eurobarometer), surrounded by high piles of papers
📊 50 years of the Eurobarometer
The Eurobarometer surveys were initiated in 1974 by its founder, Jacques-René Rabier, and is the polling instrument used by EU institutions to monitor the state of public opinion in the 🇪🇺.
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Collage celebrating '2024 EU Anniversaries': white radio telescope dish in a green forest clearing, a meeting with the Euro symbol display, a historic EU parliamentary session, and a crowd gathered at night waving European Union flags, all connected by an EU flag centrepiece.
📣 Calling all EU history enthusiasts: 2024 was a year of many milestones!
This year, we marked together several important anniversaries in our history that laid the foundations for the EU as we know it today.
Take a look ↓
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