Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities.
Cowan ruling. The European Court of Justice rules on the principle of non-discrimination based on nationality. It grants the same compensation benefits to a British tourist who was attacked in the Paris tube, as the one that would have been granted to a national.
Tenth anniversary of the European Monetary System.
End of the Uruguay round mid-term review and adoption of further negotiation frameworks.
The Delors Committee presents the report on the economic and monetary union. The Parliament adopts the Declaration of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms.
General elections are held in Ireland.
Direct elections to the European Parliament are held for the third time.
General elections are held in Greece.
General elections are held in Luxembourg.
The Spanish peseta enters the European Monetary System (EMS) exchange-rate mechanism; the composition of the ECU is adjusted following the inclusion of the Spanish peseta and the Portuguese escudo.
A European Council is held in Madrid, Spain. It adopts conclusions on economic and monetary union, emphasises the need for a balance to be struck between social and economic aspects of a single market and confirms that the environment is a priority issue. It also adopts two major declarations on the situation in the Middle East and China.
France takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Communities.
The Western Economic Summit is held in Paris, France. It asks the Commission to coordinate the necessary measures to assist economic restructuring in Poland and Hungary.
Austria formally applies to join the European Community.
General elections are held in The Netherlands.
The trade and commercial and economic cooperation agreement between the Community and Poland is signed in Warsaw, Poland.
An audiovisual conference is held in Paris, France. It concludes with a joint declaration, by 26 European countries and the Commission, on setting up the "Audiovisual Eureka" to increase productivity and competitivity of the European audiovisual sector through closer cooperation.
Legislative elections are held in Spain.
Legislative elections are held in Greece.
The Berlin Wall collapses. The German Democratic Republic opens its borders.
A European Council is held in Strasbourg, France. It decides to convene an intergovernmental conference before 1990 to draw up amendments to the Treaty for the final stages of economic and monetary union. Heads of state or government of 11 Member States adopt the Charter of Fundamental Social Rights of Workers.
The new African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) - European Economic Community Convention between the EU countries and the 69 ACP countries is signed in Lomé, Togo.
An agreement on trade and commercial and economic cooperation between the Community and the Soviet Union is signed in Brussels, Belgium.