Official ceremony to mark EU enlargement, with guests including former Polish President, the presidents or vice-presidents of the Parliaments of the new Member States and EU ambassadors.

Pat COX EP President, Josef OLEKSY, Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI

Official ceremony to mark EU enlargement, with guests including former Polish President, the presidents or vice-presidents of the Parliaments of the new Member States and EU ambassadors. - each Parliament President will present his country's flag to EP President.

Laszlo MANDUR, Peter PITHART, Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS, Anton TABONE, Ceslovas JURSENAS, Ene ERGMA, Borut PAHOR, Lech WALESA, Pat COX EP President

Pat COX, EP President, Peter PITHART,  Lubomir ZAORALEK

soldier from Eurocorps, Pat COX EP President

Accession ceremony welcoming 10 new member states into the European Union.

Maciej and Aleksandra are young people and students from Poland that were born in May 2004. In the same month, Poland joined the European Union. In this news item both Maciej and Aleksandra shows their daily student life and share personal testimonies on the feelings about this historical event and the EU. Parliament celebrates the 20th anniversary of the EU’s biggest enlargement as well. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivering.

Born European - 20th anniversary of the 2004 Enlargement of the European Union - Poland

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement, the EP buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg are illuminated.

20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement: illuminations of the EP buildings in Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg

Parliament celebrates the 20th anniversary of the EU’s biggest enlargement. Young people, born on or around 1 May 2004 from the new member states, testimony on their feelings about this historical event and the EU.

Clip: Born European - 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement

This memoclip illustrates the 2004 Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Memoclip: 2004 Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

The European Parliament welcomes 10 new member states of the EU in May 2004. Including speeches by Pat COX, EP President, and former Polish President Lech WALESA. Presentation of flags by representatives of each of the new member states: Petr PITHART, President of the Senate of the Czech Republic and Lubomir ZAORALEK, President of the Lower House of the Czech Republic; Ene ERGMA, President of the Parliament of Estonia; Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS, President of the Chamber of Representatives of Cyprus; Andris ARGALIS, Vice-President of the Parliament of Latvia; Ceslovas JURSENAS, Acting President of the Parliament of Lithuania; Laszlo MANDUR, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Hungary; Anton TABONE, President of the Chamber of Representatives of Malta; Josef OLEKSY, President of the Polish Diet; Borut PAHOR, President of the National Assembly of Slovenia; Pavol HRUSOVSKY, President of the Parliament of Slovakia.

Official 2004 enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: arrival and family picture of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Members States and EU Ambassadors.

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: arrival and family picture of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Members States and EU Ambassadors

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: Preparation by the Eurocorps militar force.

Enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: Preparation by the Eurocorps militar force

Enlargement Ceremony at the European Parliament : Presentation of the flags by the Presidents of the Czech, Estonian, Cyprus and Hungarian Parliaments - Addresses by Pat COX, EP President and Lech WALESA, former Polish President

Enlargement Ceremony at the European Parliament : Presentation of the flags by the Presidents of the Czech, Estonian, Cyprus and Hungarian Parliaments - Addresses by Pat COXV and Lech WALESA

During the plneary session 09.04.2003 MEPs voted on the the enlargement of the European Union. Signing of the document giving Parliament's assent to the enlargement of the European Union by Par COX, President of the European Parliament.

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