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Re_election by acclamation of Mario Scelba as President of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, 10 March 1970)
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Re_election by acclamation of Mario Scelba as President of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, 10 March 1970)

On 10 March 1970, as the eldest member, the Italian Roberto Cantalupo chairs the Plenary Session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg held in order to elect the President and the eight Vice-Presidents of the institution. Before proceeding with the election, which confirms by acclamation Mario Scelba's Presidency for the second consecutive year, Cantalupo gives an address calling for the European Parliament's powers to be extended and for the role played by the institution as promoter of the economic and political integration of the Community to be enhanced.

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Title Re_election by acclamation of Mario Scelba as President of the European Parliament (Strasbourg, 10 March 1970)
Document type Sound clip
Source Election vice Présidents 10/03/70- Strasbourg: Parlement européen [Prod.], 10.03.1970. Parlement européen, Bruxelles. - SON (00:35:16, Editing, Original Sound Track).
Médiathèque du Parlement européen - Archives Radio, Bruxelles. 0053c PE. Tape n°3, 3/70.
Keywords European Parliament, President of the EP
Copyright European Parliament Audiovisual Library
Caption On 10 March 1970, as the eldest member, the Italian Roberto Cantalupo chairs the Plenary Session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg held in order to elect the President and the eight Vice-Presidents of the institution. Before proceeding with the election, which confirms by acclamation Mario Scelba's Presidency for the second consecutive year, Cantalupo gives an address calling for the European Parliament's powers to be extended and for the role played by the institution as promoter of the economic and political integration of the Community to be enhanced.
Location in the digital library EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS >> European Union >> The EU institutions >> European Parliament >> Organisation and operation >> Organisation
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See also Debate between the candidates for the Presidency of the European Parliament (Brussels, 28 November 2001)
Presidents of the European Parliament
Organisation of the European Parliament
Speech by Nicole Fontaine (Strasbourg, 14 December 1999)
First meeting of the European Parliament following the direct elections (17 July 1979)
Pieter Dankert
Political statement from the Socialist parties of the European Community (Brussels, 24 June 1978)
European Parliament building in Strasbourg (14 April 2005)
Recommendation of the Group of Eminent Persons on the Statute for Members (May 2000)
Act concerning the election of the representatives of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (20 September 1976) — Consolidated version 1997
Cartoon by Mussil on the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (June 1979)
Fianna Fáil, Fianna Fáil in Europe (1979)
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