European Parliament Debate on Persian Gulf
The European Parliament is the legislative arm of the European Community. This is a portion of the European Parliament’s floor debate on events in the Persian Gulf. This debate took place on…
189 viewsThe European Parliament is the legislative arm of the European Community. This is a portion of the European Parliament’s floor debate on events in the Persian Gulf. This debate took place on…
189 viewsMr. Jacques Delors spoke on the continuing debate on political unity in the European community.
32 viewsKenneth Cleary, the chief English interpreter for the European Parliament, and member Geoff Hoon explained how the group copes with the 12 different languages spoken in the European communit…
209 viewsMr. O’Donnell discussed the television unit that telecasts the sessions of the European Parliament to assist journalists all over Europe. Mr. O’Donnell is the head of these operations.
47 viewsMr. LePen represents the European right. He is a controversial figure in France for his openly racist and supremist views.
51 viewsSome members of the European parliament chose not to belong to any of the ten major political parties. They are considered non-aligned. Mr. Paisley is one of these non-aligned members of the…
105 viewsPolitical Director of the Council of Europe, Hans-Peter Furrer, joined C-SPAN and talked about the Council of Europe which was started after World War II to achieve unity among European Parl…
46 viewsThe U.S. Consul General, Ints Silins, discussing his work with the Strasbourg based Council of Europe. Regional issues of Eastern Europe are discussed.
54 viewsThe European Commission is the arm of the European Community that proposes legislation, implements policy and enforces treaties. There are a total of seventeen commissioners. Leon Brittan, o…
97 viewsUnited Kingdom representative Geoffrey Hoon talks about the European Parliament.
40 viewsLord Plumb is former president of the European Parliament. He was president from 1987-1989. He is now a representative from the United Kingdom.
56 viewsMr. Palmer is the European editor of The Guardian of London, England. He discussed his personal perspective on the European Community.
52 viewsMayor of Strasbourg, Catherine Trautmann and Gijs de Vries, member of the Liberal, Democratic & Reformist from the Netherlands spoke about the current European Parliament and then took viewe…
35 viewsDiscussion focused on the European parliament .a better understanding of what is the European parliament, how it operates, what it looks like and what some of the major debates underway mean…
31 viewsMembers of the Green Party who held offices in the European Union met and discussed current issues with C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb. The members took calls from C-SPAN viewers. The conversation took…
46 viewsOn this viewer call-in program, James Elles and Ernest Glinne discussed a trading partnership and how it would effect US businesses, as well as other issues facing the European community. T…
50 viewsPart of the question time period in the European Parliament was shown. During this time members of parliament can ask questions of the European Council and foreign ministers.
70 viewsMr. Welsh and Ms. Veil discussed the European Parliament, their parties and their work.
46 viewsParliament members David Martin, Patrick Lalor, and Otto Von Habsburg spoke about the European Parliament and the unification of Germany. They then took view call-in questions.
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