European Parliamentary Union
The European Parliamentary Union (EPU) was a private organization set up by Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, who was also its Secretary General. It held its preliminary conference on 4–5 July 1947 at Gstaad, Switzerland, and followed it with its first full conference from 8 to 12 September.
Kalergi’s aim was to draft a
The second EPU Congress was held from 1 to 5 September 1948 in Interlaken, Switzerland.[2] On 20 September 1949, the EPU met for the third time in Venice and voted a resolution in favour of greater European political integration and an extension of the powers of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe,[3] which had just been established. In 1949, the British MP Kim Mackay became chair of the EPU. The creation of the Council of Europe resulted in a loss of influence for the EPU, since European parliaments now had their own intergovernmental forum in Strasbourg.
On 18 May 1950, Kalergi was the first person to be awarded the
References
- ^ In: SOUQUET, Marie-Amélie. Le mouvement européen, construire la démocratie en Europe. 2004
- ^ ‘The Congress of the European Parliamentary Union in Interlaken' from Cahiers du Monde Nouveau (October 1948) on CVCE website
- ^ First resolution adopted by the EPU Congress in Venice (20 September 1949) on CVCE website
- ^ Paneuropaean Union[permanent dead link] on ePaneurope website
- ^ http://www.global-g.jp/europe/doc/EU1950-1959.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ Paneurope - la fondatrice de l'idée de l'Europe unifiée Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine on Paneuropa website
- ^ "Spiritaner / Spiritains". Archived from the original on 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-10-15.