EU Tweets of the Year: the stories that dominated the EU Twittersphere in 2015

Jennifer Baker presents the EU Tweets of the Year overview, looking at the stories that dominated the European Union Twittersphere in 2015.

  • January: Sad beginning of 2015 with the #CharlieHebdo attacks
  • February: The #MinskAgreement was signed
  • March: Juncker’s EU Army idea shook up the whole EU twittersphere
  • April: April was the month of the #Confettigate for ECB President Mario Draghi!
  • May: On top of the infamous ‘Hello, dictator’ that left many Twitterati baffled, in May, Commissioners Oettinger and Ansip delivered their priorities for the #DigitalSingleMarket
  • June: The ‘Europe of Nations and Freedom‘ far-right EP group was born
  • July: The #GreekCrisis reached its peak in a Greek referendum and ended up  with a bailout
  • August: The #RefugeeCrisis escalated in the EU shaking it in its very foundations
  • September: The #VolkswagenGate scandal exploded and, still today, lessons are yet to be learnt
  • October: The #SafeHarbor agreement was deemed invalid by the ECJ
  • November: The centre of Paris was target of terrorists attacks on 13 November
  • December: After weeks of negotiations, world leaders reached an agreement in tackling climate change at #COP21

Want to contribute in 2016? Just use the hashtag #EUtweets!

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