Election of Simone Veil as President of the European Parliament (17 July 1979)
Image On 17 July 1979, the French MEP Simone Veil is elected by her peers to the post of President of the European Parliament elected for the first time by direct universal suffrage.
Source and copyright
Source: Élection de Madame Veil au Parlement européen. Debaize, Jean-Louis. Strasbourg: Commission européenne, 1979. Noir et blanc.
Copyright: European Commission Audiovisual Library
