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Cartoon by Gibbard on the United Kingdom and the first elections to the European Parliament by universal suffrage (8 June 1979)
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Cartoon by Gibbard on the United Kingdom and the first elections to the European Parliament by universal suffrage (8 June 1979)

On 8 June 1979, New Zealand cartoonist Leslie Gibbard takes an ironic look at the helplessness of British political leaders amid the voters' lack of interest in the first elections to the European Parliament by universal suffrage.

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Title Cartoon by Gibbard on the United Kingdom and the first elections to the European Parliament by universal suffrage (8 June 1979)
Document type Cartoon
Source The Guardian. 08.06.1979, pp. 1.
Keywords European election, European Parliament, United Kingdom, universal suffrage
Copyright © Les Gibbard
Caption On 8 June 1979, New Zealand cartoonist Leslie Gibbard takes an ironic look at the helplessness of British political leaders amid the voters' lack of interest in the first elections to the European Parliament by universal suffrage.
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1969–1979 Crises and revival >> The new European Parliament >> The first elections by universal suffrage
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See also Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (20 September 1976) — Consolidated version 1997
European Parliament Resolution on the adoption of a draft convention introducing elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (14 January 1975)
European electoral systems (Elections June 1999)
Decision of the representatives of the Member States relating to the Act concerning the election of the representatives of the Assembly (20 September 1976)
The first elections by direct universal suffrage
The election of Members of the European Parliament
Election of Simone Veil as President of the European Parliament (17 July 1979)
Adoption of the Act concerning the election of the representatives to the Assembly by direct universal suffrage (20 September 1976)
The Conservative Manifesto (April 1979)
Direct elections to the European Parliament (1979_2009)
Rome European Council (1 and 2 December 1975)
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