EP Plenary session - Council and Commission statements - The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

Graham WATSON, Joseph DAUL, Marianne THYSSEN, Hartmut NASSAUER, Othmar KARAS, Hans Gert POETTERING

Plenary session in Strasbourg - Proclamation and signing of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by EP President, President-in-office of the Council and Commission President

MEP Jan MULDER attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Costas BOTOPOULOS attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Kyosti VIRRANKOSKI attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Giovanna CORDA attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Gerard DEPREZ attends a plenary session in Brussels

MEP Jose Javier POMES RUIZ speaks during a plenary session in Brussels

Plenary session in Brussels - Presentation of the Court of Auditors annual report by the President of the Court

Plenary session in Brussels - Debate on the Future of Europe with Spanish Prime Minister

MEP Javier MORENO SANCHEZ attends a plenary session in Brussels

Portrait of MEP Jose Javier POMES RUIZ during a plenary session in Brussels

MEP Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

EP Vice-President Edward McMILLAN-SCOTT presides over a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Emanuel Jardim FERNANDES attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Maria MARTENS attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

MEP Struan STEVENSON attends a plenary session in Strasbourg

Debate during the plenary session of May 1990 on the possible resumption of the diplomatic relations with Vietnam. Statements by Benjamin VISSER, rapporteur, Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, for the Council of the Ministers, Claude CHEYSSON and Jean-Thomas NORDMANN.

Resumption of the diplomatic relations with Vietnam: extracts from the debate

Debate on fifth Lome convention, the community's main way of helping 68 African, Caribbean and Pacific developing countries which will provide 12 billion Ecu. Under the single European Act, Parliament's approval is not necessary. Statements by Leo TINDEMANS, rapporteur, Eugenio MELANDRI, Michael McGOWAN and Manuel MARIN, EC Member followed by the final vote on the report.

Fifth Lome Convention: extracts from the debate

Debate on the preparation of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference convened for December on economic and monetary union. Discussion on the report by Fernand HERMAN with Alman METTEN, Bouke BEUMER, François-Xavier DE DONNEA,George Benjamin PATTERSON, Brigitte ERNST DE LA GRAETE and Jacques DELORS, EC President followed the the final vote on the report.

Preparation of the Intergovernmental Conference to create the economic and monetary union: extracts from the debate

At the opening of the plenary session of May 1990, Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President, adresses the Chamber on the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras (France).

Statement by Enrique BARON CRESPO on the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Carpentras

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING, chair of the Liberal and Democratic Reformist Group (LDR) of the European Parliament, addresses Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, during an EP plenary session, with the group's assessment of the Commission's plans for the year 1990. The LDR demands more ambitious policy to advance European integration.

Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING intervention in plenary session debate - European Commission's programme for 1990

Debate on the situation in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin wall during the plenary session of November 1989 in Strasbourg. Opening remarks by Enrique BARON CRESPO, EP President and extracts of the statements by François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic and Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor.

Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic (22 November 1989): extracts from the statements

On 22 November 1989 in Strasbourg, François Mitterrand, President in office of the Council of the EU, invited Helmut Kohl to address the MEPs aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

EP rewind: Addresses by Helmut KOHL, German Federal Chancellor and François MITTERRAND, President of the French Republic

On July 25, 1989, Enrique BARON CRESPO is elected as EP President. Shots of the vote, announcement of the results and congratulations. Extracts from the speech by Enrique BARON CRESPO, new EP President.

Election of Enrique BARON CRESPO as EP President (25/07/1989)

Pope John Paul II addresses MEPs in the Strasbourg hemicycle of the European Parliament during a formal sitting in plenary.

Address by Pope John Paul II to the European Parliament

At a ceremony held in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 12 June 1986, Pierre PFLIMLIN, EP President, Hans van den BROEK, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs and President-in-Office of the Council, and Jacques DELORS, President of the European Commission, signed the Declaration against racism and xenophobia, just after the vote session in the plenary. The initiative is a response to the public indignation aroused by the xenophobic attacks on migrant workers and their families which had taken place in a number of Member States.

Vote and signing ceremony of the joint Declaration against racism and xenophobia

On 11 June 1986, after the vote of a resolution by the European Parliament. The Parliament, the Council and the Commission sign a Joint Declaration against Racism and Xenophobia. The text condemns all forms of intolerance, hostility and use of force on the grounds of racial, religious, cultural, social or national differences, and tends to protect the individuality and dignity of every member of society and to reject any form of segregation of foreigners

Joint Declaration against Racism and Xenophobia

Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the Commission, attends the vote on his new Commission in plenary session in Strasbourg, after having given a speech before the hemicycle. Several MEPs make a speech during the session.

Delors Commission: vote on the inauguration of the new Delors Commission

Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the Commission, gives a speech in the plenary session in Strasbourg before the vote on the new inauguration of the new Commission.

Delors Commission: speech by Jacques DELORS, President-elect of the European Commission before the vote on the inauguration of the new Commission

Extracts from the formal sitting in honnor of Konstatinos KARAMANLIS, President of the Hellenic republic during the plenary session in Strasbourg. Welcome words by Pieter DANKERT, EP President and speech by Konstatinos KARAMANLIS.

Formal sitting on the occasion of the visit of Konstatinos KARAMANLIS, President of the Hellenic republic: extracts

During the plenary session, Anwar Al-SADAT, President of Egypt addresses the hemicycle in the EP in Strasbourg.

Formal sitting - Address by Anwar Al-SADAT, President of Egypt (part 1)

Formal sitting - Address by Anwar Al-SADAT, President of Egypt (part 2)

On 19 March 1958, the European Parliamentary Assembly elects Robert Schuman as its President.

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