The ambition of every Parliament is to mark its influence in the political life and to shape legislation. This goal was already clear to the MEPs, appointed by their National Parliament, before 1979. Following the Treaty changes in 1970 and 1975, which created a limited number of competences in budgetary matters, MEPs started to exploit […]

At the beginning of the European adventure, already in 1952 the Assembly was a marginal element of the institutional architecture. The newly elected Parliament, in 1979, started its journey with very little competences but with a new political credibility. The two posts tell the story of the beginning of the Interinstitutional relations, as seen by […]