" Europe is the natural context in which solutions for social and economic progress will find their true meaning and true value."

Born on 11 April 1920 in Potenza (Italy). 
• In 1946, aged 26, he was elected a Member of the Constituent Assembly that was responsible for drafting Italy's new post-war constitution. He was appointed secretary to the Agriculture Committee. 
• In 1948 he was elected a Member of the Italian Parliament, where he sat until 2003, when the President of Italy appointed him a senator for life. 
• Between 1950 and 1952 he was a minister in several Italian centre and centre-left governments. 
• From August 1970 to February 1972, he was President of the Italian Government's Council of Ministers. 
• In 1985 he became President of the European Union of Christian Democrats. 
• On 12 July 1990 he was appointed President of the Atlantic Committee. 
• Finally, from March 1993 to June 1995, he was President of Christian Democrat International.

◦ In 1976 Mr Colombo became a Member of the European Parliament, where he sat until 1992 in the Christian-Democratic Group which later became the Group of the European People's Party. 
◦ In March 1977 he was elected President of the European Parliament and led it towards the first elections by direct universal suffrage. 
◦ In May 1979 he received the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, the third Italian politician to receive this honour after Alcide de Gasperi and Antonio Segni. 
◦ From February to May 1992 he was chairman of the temporary committee on the Delors II package (From the Single Act to Maastricht and beyond: the means to match our ambitions), which had a remit concerning achievement of the Maastricht Treaty objectives.

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Emilio Colombo

Inauguration of meeting room Sir Peter Michael KIRK, In the presence of his wife and of her sons

Emilio COLOMBO EP President at the EP in Luxembourg

Plenary session in Strasbourg in December1977

Plenary session in Strasbourg in December1977. Journalists

Session in Luxembourg in October 1977.   Exhibition

The European Parliament President Emilio COLOMBO during a session in Strasbourg in November 1977.

Medal award ceremony

Meeting at the EP in Strasbourg in May 1977

Interview of Emilio COLOMBO EP President in Strasbourg

EP President COLOMBO Emilio and TOMLINSON, John

Meeting in October 1992

Meeting in Luxembourg in may 1979.

2021 portraits gallery of EP Presidents

Reception in Strasbourg in March 1978

Plenary Session in Strasbourg in March 1978

Meeting at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in February 1978

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The European Community's own resources

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The Middle East and Israel-Palestine

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - Parliament as a budgetary authority

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - Jean Monnet's legacy

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - A vision of the future for Europe

The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - Jean Monnet's legacy

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - A vision of the future for Europe

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - Jean Monnet's legacy

The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The European idea

The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The Soviet Union

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - Relations with Spain and Portugal

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The European idea

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - Parliament as a budgetary authority

The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - A vision of the future for Europe

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - China and the USA

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The Middle East and Israel-Palestine

FR Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The Soviet Union

The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The functions of the European Parliament

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - China and the USA

DE Subtitles - The story of the EP by its Presidents: Emilio COLOMBO, EP President 1977-1979 - The Soviet Union

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