Editing 2022 in Europe

{{Short description|Overview of Europe-related events during the year of 2022}}
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This is a list of events that took place in '''[[Europe]] in [[2022]]'''.

==Incumbents==
===European Union===
*[[President of the European Commission]]: [[Ursula von der Leyen]]
*[[President of the European Parliament|President of the Parliament]]: 
**[[David Sassoli]] (until 11 January)
**[[Roberta Metsola]] (from 18 January)
*[[President of the European Council]]: [[Charles Michel]]
*[[Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Presidency of the Council of the EU]]: 
**[[France]] (January–June)
**[[Czech Republic]] (July–December)

==Events==
{{see also|COVID-19 pandemic in Europe}}

===January===
*10 January: Dutch [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Prime Minister]] [[Mark Rutte]] forms his [[Fourth Rutte cabinet|fourth cabinet]], almost a year after the collapse of his [[Third Rutte cabinet|previous one]].
*16 January: 
**[[Dimitar Kovačevski]] was sworn in as [[Prime Minister of North Macedonia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=16 January 2022|title=Собранието ја избра новата Влада, Ковачевски е премиер|url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.mk/a/собранието-ја-избра-новата-влада-/31656822.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Радио Слободна Европа|language=mk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116225632/https://www.slobodnaevropa.mk/a/%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%98%D0%B0-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0-/31656822.html |archive-date=16 January 2022 }}</ref>
**[[2022 Serbian constitutional referendum]], marked by a low turnout, leads to a revision of the provisions of the [[Constitution of Serbia|constitution]] concerning judicial power.
*30 January: The [[2022 Portuguese legislative election]] took place.

===February===
*11 February: The [[Presidency of Joe Biden|Biden administration]] claimed that [[Russia]] now has enough troops and military equipment in place to launch an [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Piotr Smolar |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/02/12/les-etats-unis-toujours-plus-alarmistes-sur-la-crise-en-ukraine_6113368_3210.html |title=Les Etats-Unis toujours plus alarmistes sur la crise en Ukraine |date=12 February 2022 |publisher=Le Monde}}.</ref>
*21 February: Russia recognizes the independence of the [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic]]. 
*24 February: Russia launches its [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]].
*27 February: [[2022 Belarusian constitutional referendum]]
*28 February: Ukraine [[Accession of Ukraine to the European Union|applied for membership]] of the European Union (EU)

===March===
*2 March: The [[United Nations General Assembly]] voted on a [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-11/1|United Nations resolution]] condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Borger|first=Julian|date=2022-03-02|title=UN votes to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine and calls for withdrawal|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=Washington, D.C.|publication-place=London|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote|url-status=live|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302170440/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/united-nations-russia-ukraine-vote|archive-date=2022-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Saric|first1=Ivana|last2=Basu|first2=Zachary|date=2022-03-02|title=141 countries vote to condemn Russia at UN|language=en|work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]]|url=https://www.axios.com/united-nations-ukraine-russia-141-55872481-a143-4423-9d3d-80450f01c754.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306142132/https://www.axios.com/united-nations-ukraine-russia-141-55872481-a143-4423-9d3d-80450f01c754.html|archive-date=2022-03-06}}</ref>
*3 March: [[2022 Armenian presidential election]]
*10 March: [[2022 Hungarian presidential election]]
*13 March: [[75th British Academy Film Awards]]
*16 March: The inauguration of the [[1915 Çanakkale Bridge]].
*26 March: [[2022 Maltese general election]]

===April===
*3 April: [[2022 Hungarian parliamentary election]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://telex.hu/valasztas-2022/2022/01/11/aprilis-3-ara-irta-ki-a-valasztast-ader-janos|title=Április 3-ára írta ki az országgyűlési választást Áder János|language=hu|trans-title=János Áder called the parliamentary elections for April 3rd|date=January 12, 2022|publisher=Telex}}</ref> and [[2022 Hungarian LGBTQ in education referendum]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.keh.hu/sajtokozlemenyek/2939-Kozlemeny_a_nepszavazas_idopontjanak_kituzeserol&pnr=1|title=Április 3-ára írta ki az országgyűlési választást Áder János|language=hu|trans-title=Announcement on the date of the referendum|date=January 11, 2022}}</ref>

===July===
*19 July: &ndash; At least 3,600 people are killed due to extreme [[2022 European heat waves|heatwaves]] hitting much of Europe, additionally causing [[2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires|major wildfires]], travel disruption, and record high temperatures in many countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=Heatwave: Ferocious European heat heads north |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62216159 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=BBC News}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[2022]]
* [[2022 in the European Union]]
* [[2022 in politics and government]]
* [[2020s]]
* [[List of state leaders in 2022#Europe|List of state leaders in Europe in 2022]]

== References ==
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