The European Parliament has its origins in the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community, which held its first session in Strasbourg and was composed of delegates appointed by the national parliaments of six member states. It took the name European Parliament in 1962, and its members were first elected directly by citizens in 1979. Over the decades successive treaties, including Maastricht and Lisbon, gave it real power over legislation, the budget and the appointment of the European Commission, which it can also dismiss. It sits in Strasbourg and Brussels, with administrative offices in Luxembourg, and it has more than seven hundred members. It is the only directly elected institution of the European Union.
Before and after
- from 1952 to 1960Mau Mau rebellion
- 1952Founding of Court of Justice of the European Union
- 1952Identification of hh blood group
- 1952Establishment of Fiordland National Park
- 1952Founding of European Parliament
- 1952The Hershey-Chase experiment confirms that DNA carries genes
- 1952Michael Ventris deciphers Linear B
- 2 February 1952Birth of Park Geun-hye
- 6 February 1952Death of George VI
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- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
- 1990Rise of K-pop
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.