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The origins of the European Parliament lie in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which became the common assembly of the three supranational European communities that existed at the time. The assembly subsequently acquired the name ‘European Parliament’.
Hace 4 días · Inaugurated in 1958 as the Common Assembly, the European Parliament originally consisted of representatives selected by the national parliaments of EU member countries. Beginning in 1979, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) were elected by direct universal suffrage to terms of five years.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world (after the Parliament of India ), with an electorate of 375 million eligible voters in 2009. [2] [3] [4] Since 1979, the Parliament has been directly elected every five years by the citizens of the European Union through universal suffrage.
- 10 September 1952; 71 years ago
European Parliament timeline. Check out our timeline to see how the European Parliament has evolved over the years and check out the photos and videos from the historic events that have shaped the Parliament.
March 1962: European Parliament (European Parliament history) August 1961 : The Berlin Wall ( Europe and world ) 19 March 1958 : European Parliament Assembly ( European Parliament history )
Established in: 1952 as Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, 1962 as European Parliament, first direct elections in 1979. Location: Strasbourg (France), Brussels (Belgium), Luxembourg. Website : European Parliament. The European Parliament is the EU's law-making body.
With the help of AI tools, this tutorial video explains how to search and analyse documents of the Archives of the European Parliament. Discover historical documents from 1952 onwards and trace parliamentary activities from the ECSC Common Assembly to the elected European Parliament.
