1 January 1999Euro IntroducedGerhard Schroder
Heads the German government when the euro becomes Germany's currency for electronic payments and accounting.
Historical records for Germany in 1999, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Heads the German government when the euro becomes Germany's currency for electronic payments and accounting.
Serves as finance minister when Germany enters the third stage of economic and monetary union.
Death of Sebastian Haffner
Directs Aimee and Jaguar.
Hosts the European Council that reaches an overall agreement on Agenda 2000 and future Union financing.
Supports the Agenda 2000 settlement on finances, policy reform and preparations for enlargement.
The new Reichstag opens
During the Schengen process, Fischer oversees German diplomacy as the Schengen acquis is transferred into the European Union system. German officials emphasise reliable information-sharing between national authorities.
Schroder helps lead Germany when the Amsterdam Treaty takes effect and the Schengen acquis becomes part of EU law. Germany supports freer travel alongside common security and visa rules.
Schily supports the Council's legal mapping of Schengen measures onto the EU treaties. The German approach combines mobility with coordinated frontier safeguards.
Hosts the European Council as leaders address employment, security policy and future institutional development.
Supports the Cologne decision to begin drafting a Charter of Fundamental Rights for the European Union.
Merkel oversees a string of Christian Democrat election victories in six out of seven regional elections in 1999 alone, breaking the SPD-Green coalitions hold on the Bundesrat, the legislative body representing the states
Releases Expo 2000, Kraftwerk's first new single in many years.
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
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