Official visit of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Poland (Warsaw) - Meeting with Lech WALESA, Former President of Poland & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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

25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

German President Joachim GAUCK (L) and former Polish President and co-founder of the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union, Lech WALESA, attend the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ceremony in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on November 09, 2014.

25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall - Ceremony of the land Berlin

Former Soviet leader Mikhail GORBACHEV (L) and former Polish President and co-founder of the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union, Lech WALESA, attend a ceremony on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall during a ceremony of the land Berlin in the concert hall at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin on November 09, 2014.

Visits of former president of the Soviet Union Gorbachev to the European Parliament

Former Polish President and co-founder of the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union, Lech WALESA, attends a ceremony on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall during a ceremony of the land Berlin in the concert hall at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin on November 09, 2014.

Lech WALESA , Angela MERKEL , Miklos NEMETH

Former Polish President and co-founder of the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union, Lech Walesa (from L), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Hungarian Prime Minister Mikl??s N?©meth attend the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ceremony of the land Berlin in the concert hall at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin on November 09, 2014.

Norbert Lammert , Joachim Gauck , Daniela Schadt , Sabine Schudoma , Angela Merkel , Ralf Wieland , Martin Schulz EP President , Mikhail Gorbachev , Lech Walesa , Andreas Vosskuhle

President of German Lower House of Parliament Bundestag Norbert Lammert (1st row from left), the partner of German President Joachim Gauck, Daniela Schadt, German President Joachim Gauck, the governing mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the President of the Social Court in Berlin, Sabine Schudoma (2nd row from left), President of the Chamber of deputies of Berlin, Ralf Wieland, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, former Polish President and co-founder of the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union Lech Walesa and The President of the Federal Constitutional Court Andreas Vosskuhle pose for a family photo the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ceremony of the land Berlin in the concert hall at the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin on November 09, 2014.

Event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Poland accession to the EU

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.

François LOOS, Lubomir ZAORALEK,  Josef OLEKSY, Dimitris CHRISTOFIAS, Borut PAHOR, Aleksander KWASNIEWSKI, , Lech WALESA, Pat COX - EP President, Anton TABONE, Peter PITHART, Andris ARGALIS,

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. - Arrival of Presidents of Parliaments of the new Member States and EU Ambassadors at the LOW entrance for a group photograph.

Presentation of the movie Walesa man of hope

Former Polish President Lech WALESA with members of the Polish EPP delegation

Former Polish President at the EP for the Accession ceremony of the 10 new member states.

Jaroslaw WALESA, Lech WALESA, Jerzy BUZEK, Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, John R DAVIS

Conference for the 30th anniversary of Solidarnosc

Press conference by former Polish President Walesa.

EP President meets with former Polish President.

Lech WALESA, Jose Maria GIL-ROBLES GIL-DELGADO - EP President

EP President meets with Polish Prime Minister

First foreign visit of EP President, Klaus HANSCH to Poland. EP President meets with Lech WALESA

Enrique BARON CRESPO President EP - Lech WALESA

Visit of the President of Poland to the EP

On the occasion of her official visit to Poland, EP President Roberta METSOLA meets with Lech WALESA, former President of Poland.

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Gdansk (Poland): meeting with Lech WAŁĘSA, former President of Poland and Flower-Laying Ceremony at the Monument of Fallen Shipyard Workers

This Memoclip illustrates Nobel Peace Prize awardees in the EP: Willy BRANDT, Mohamed Anwar Al-SADAT, Lech WALESA, Desmond TUTU, Oscar ARIAS SANCHEZ, The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Mikhail GORBACHEV, Aung San Suu Kyi, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Nelson MANDELA, Yasser ARAFAT, Yitzhak RABIN, José RAMOS-HORTA, Jody WILLIAMS, John HUME, Kim Dae-jung, Kofie ANNAN, Shirin EBADI, Rajendra PACHAURI, Martti AHTISAARI, Ellen JOHNSON SIRLEAF, the EUROPEAN UNION, Kailash SATYARTHI, Malala YOUSAFZAI, Juan Manuel SANTOS, Denis MUKWEGE, Nadia MURAD and David BEASLEY

Memoclip: The EP meeting place for the Nobel Peace Prize awardees (updated version 2020)

Over the past 40 years the European Parliament has had the honour of welcoming several Nobel Peace Prize laureates such as: Willy BRANDT, Mohamed Anwar Al-SADAT, Lech WALESA, Desmond TUTU, Mikhail GORBACHEV, Nelson MANDELA, Yasser ARAFAT, Yitzhak RABIN, John HUME, Kofie ANNAN, Shirin EBADI, Malala YOUSAFZAI, Denis MUKWEGE and Nadia MURAD

EP rewind: Nobel Peace Prize laureates at the EP

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, an extraordinary plenary session is held in the European Parliament during the Europe Day, in Brussels. To mark this anniversary, a group of European Nobel Prize winners is invited to take part in a debate on the past, present and future of the EU, focusing on its scientific, intellectual and cultural achievements. Among the participants: Rita LEVI-MONTALCINI, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1986, Timothy HUNT, Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001, Reinhard SELTEN, Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994, Carlo RUBBIA, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1984, Martinus VELTMAN, Nobel Prize for physics in 1999, John HUME (MEP between 1999 and 2004), Nobel Peace Prize in 1998, Mairead CORRIGAN MAGUIRE, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, Elisabeth WILLIAMS, Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, and Lech WALESA, Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. The ceremony ends with the playing of the European Hymn - Ode to Joy.

50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome - Address by European Nobel Prize laureates: arrivals and extracts from the extraordinary plenary session

The European Parliament welcomes 10 new member states of the EU in May 2004. With arrivals of Elmar BROK, Lech WALESA, Michel BARNIER, and MEPs from new member states.

Enlargement Ceremony : extracts from the arrivals and from the address by Pat COX, EP President

Press conference by former Polish President Lech WALESA : 2004 enlargement ceremony.

Press conference by former Polish President Lech WALESA : 2004 enlargement ceremony

2004 enlargement ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg: extracts from the press conference by 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 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

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

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

Lech WAŁĘSA, President of Poland, held a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels during an official visit on April 4th, 1991.

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