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Cartoon by Behrendt on Eurocommunism (28 May 1979)
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Cartoon by Behrendt on Eurocommunism (28 May 1979)

'After a few setbacks .. Eurocommunism .. has recovered.' In May 1979, the cartoonist, Behrendt, comments on the preparations for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. He uses the French Communist Party to denounce a Eurocommunism, which acts only in the political interests of the USSR.

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Title Cartoon by Behrendt on Eurocommunism (28 May 1979)
Document type Cartoon
Source BEHRENDT, Fritz, Der Eurokommunismus hat sich.nach einigen Rückschlägen.wieder erholt, in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 28.05.1979, No 122, p. 3.
Keywords Eurocommunism, European election, European Parliament
Copyright © Fritz Behrendt.
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Caption 'After a few setbacks .. Eurocommunism .. has recovered.' In May 1979, the cartoonist, Behrendt, comments on the preparations for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. He uses the French Communist Party to denounce a Eurocommunism, which acts only in the political interests of the USSR.
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1969–1979 Crises and revival >> The new European Parliament >> European political groups
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See also Political statement from the Socialist parties of the European Community (Brussels, 24 June 1978)
Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (20 September 1976) — Consolidated version 1997
Luxembourg campaign poster for the first direct elections to the European Parliament
Pamphlet published by the British Labour Party (1977)
European Parliament Resolution on the adoption of a draft convention introducing elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (14 January 1975)
Direct elections to the European Parliament (1979_2009)
European Parliament Resolution on a draft electoral procedure incorporating common principles (15 July 1998)
Statement by Labour (February 1979)
Rates of participation in European elections (1979_2009)
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