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Events in the year 2017 in the European Union.

• President of the European Council
  • Donald Tusk
• Commission President
  • Jean-Claude Juncker
• Council Presidency
  •  Malta (Jan – Jun 2017) ^[1]
  •  Estonia (July – Dec 2017) ^[2]
• Parliament President
  • Martin Schulz (until January 17)
  • Antonio Tajani (from January 17)
• High Representative
  • Federica Mogherini

• 1 January
  • Malta takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of EU.
  • Aarhus (Denmark) and Pafos (Cyprus) are the European Capitals of Culture for 2017. Both cities will host events to promote their local culture.

• 1 July – Estonia takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of EU.
• 6 July – the European Parliament unanimously accepted the call for the suspension of full membership negotiations between the EU and Turkey.^[3]

• 16 September European Union official announced United States will not treaty Paris Climate, after withdrew Paris agreement.

• 17 November Social summit for fair jobs and growth in Gothenburg^[4]

• Aarhus, Denmark^[5]
• Pafos, Cyprus^[6]

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