Written by Clare Ferguson,
New faces and old friends – Parliament continues to encourage the democratic process
European Union, EP – 2015
There is a sense of an ending around this month’s plenary session, as European leaders say a final farewell to that quintessential citizen of Europe, Helmut Kohl, the personification of German reunification and European integration, this weekend. Parliament will also mark the passing of Simone Veil, the first woman to be President of the European Parliament, and the first to lead the institution in the era of direct elections, from 1979 to 1982.
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