On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the European Parliament published the memories of its past presidents. Texts signed by Emilio Colombo, Simone Veil, Lord Plumb and Enrique Baron Crespo are published herewith, with a preface by the current president-in-office, German Christian Democrat member Hans-Gert Pöttering.
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Foreword by Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European Parliament
The fifty-year span between 19 March 1958 and 19 March 2008 was a period marked...