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NATO nations agree to grant Ukraine €40 billion (US$43 billion) in military aid in 2025.
2024-07-3

The Polish Parliament passes a law replacing the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, established by a controversial judicial reform bill, with a new body, in order to allow the European Union to unfreeze €35 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds earmarked to the country.
2022-05-26

The National Assembly votes to criminalize conversion therapy, with violators facing three years in prison and up to €45,000 in fines. The bill will now be sent to President Emmanuel Macron to be signed into law.
2022-01-26

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposes a €1 billion (US$1.2 billion) stabilization fund by the European Central Bank to revitalize the Belarusian economy amid the protests. [https:--www.france24.com-en-20200917-poland-proposes-billion-euro-eu-fund-for-belarus (AFP via France 24)]Belarus–European Union relations
2020-09-17

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposes a €1 billion (US$1.2 billion) stabilization fund by the European Central Bank to revitalize the Belarusian economy amid the protests.
2020-09-17

The European Central Bank accepts Bulgaria and Croatia into the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, a mandatory stage for countries that wish to adopt the euro. This is the currency bloc's first major expansion in half a decade.
2020-07-10

The value of the euro falls by one percent after the European Central Bank announces it expects to halve net bond purchases to €15 billion per month from October to December, then end "quantitative easing" by the close of the year, while not raising interest rates.
2018-06-14

The European Central Bank provides an extra 900 million euros to the Greek banks.
2015-07-22

The European Central Bank cuts the prime interest rate to 0.15% and sets the deposit rate at -0.10% in an attempt to devalue the euro and boost the stagnant Eurozone economy.
2014-06-5

Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, confirms the overhaul of euro banknotes, beginning with the €5 note.
2012-11-8