2024 in Europe
Overview of Europe-related events during the year of 2024
This is a list of events that have taken or will take place in Europe in 2024.
| Years in Europe: | 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 |
| Centuries: | 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century |
| Decades: | 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s 2050s |
| Years: | 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 |
Incumbents
European Union
Events
January
- 1 January - Belgium assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Spain.
March
May
- 15 May – Attempted assassination of Robert Fico: Prime Minister Robert Fico is critically injured in a shooting in Handlova. A suspect is apprehended and identified as a 71-year-old writer from Levice.[1]
June
- 13 June – Hungary is fined 200 million euros, in addition to a daily one-million-euro fine by the European Court of Justice for "deliberately evading” compliance with European Union laws on migration and asylum seekers.[2]
- 25 June: the European Union has decided to start full membership negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine.[3]
- 30 June – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz), former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO 2011) and former Austrian Minister of the Interior Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) form a new European group called the Patriots for Europe.[4]
July
- 1 July – The start of the 2024 Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
- 10 July – the German Alternative for Germany (AfD) forms a new European group called Europe of Sovereign Nations. It will have Hungary's Our Homeland Movement, Bulgaria's Revival, Czech Freedom and Direct Democracy, Slovak Republic Movement.
September
- 1 September – In Germany, 2024 Thuringian state election: The Alternative for Germany AfD wins a plurality (32%) in elections for the Landtag of Thuringia, marking the first time that a far-right party won a state election in Germany since World War II.[5]
- 29 September – In Austria, 2024 Austrian legislative election: The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) place first, winning 29.2% of the vote and achieving its best result in the party's history. It also marks the first time that a far-right party won a National election in Austria since World War II.[6][7][8]
Elections
- 6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election[9]
See also
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References
- ^ "Slovak PM Robert Fico in hospital after shooting". BBC. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
- ^ "EU fines Hungary €200 million for flouting asylum laws". France 24. 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Ukraine and Moldova start membership talks with the European Union". euronews. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "Hungary: Orban announces new far-right European alliance – DW – 06/30/2024". dw.com. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
- ^ "A German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second". Associated Press. 2 September 2024.
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- ^ "Council confirms 6 to 9 June 2024 as dates for next European Parliament elections" (Press release). Consilium Europe. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.