This is the Europarltv|Discover Parliament|History feed http://europarltv.europa.eu/rss-feeds.aspx Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:53:41 +0100 In 2000, the EU needed fundamental reform to prepare for enlargement to the east, the south and the Baltic countries. But was the Nice European Council up to the challenge? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=2a57b6ac-2f76-47b5-9830-a18501450025 2a57b6ac-2f76-47b5-9830-a18501450025 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:23:00 +0100 The Élysée Treaty may have had some consequences that were unintended by its inventors, but it has proven to be a steady engine for European integration. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=c35fa418-3616-4d40-9f8a-a1650102cef5 c35fa418-3616-4d40-9f8a-a1650102cef5 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 23:00:00 +0200 A look back at former European Commission President Jacques Delors, whose work shaped the European single market and paved the way for Economic and Monetary Union. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=90b20d1a-d4c4-46ae-8d6b-a08c00930a6a 90b20d1a-d4c4-46ae-8d6b-a08c00930a6a Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200 Celebrating the free movement of capital, labour, goods and services between EU members: A look back at the 20-year history of the Single Market. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=cd2f29e8-881a-4f11-bcf3-a07d010e9bf3 cd2f29e8-881a-4f11-bcf3-a07d010e9bf3 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200 The worst nuclear power plant accident in history changed the course of European history. EuroparlTV takes a look back at the Chernobyl disaster in April 1986. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=9d540b00-81ce-4afb-80c6-a03f0072c42c 9d540b00-81ce-4afb-80c6-a03f0072c42c Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100 The award-winning movie with Meryl Streep has reawakened interest in Margaret Thatcher - but how did she affect EU-UK relations? And does she still? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=ca8d3f1a-6428-48ae-bf67-a01b013204c1 ca8d3f1a-6428-48ae-bf67-a01b013204c1 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:41:20 +0100 The 'War on Terror' declared by the Bush administration created deep divisions among the countries of the European Union. Was Europe on the verge of implosion? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=56d2b656-e720-433f-9f21-9fc100b797c8 56d2b656-e720-433f-9f21-9fc100b797c8 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200 A brief history of the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia amid a series of conflicts described as Europe's deadliest since World War II. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=19699845-0ae6-4e55-97f2-9f2b00b743c3 19699845-0ae6-4e55-97f2-9f2b00b743c3 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:00:00 +0200 From dictatorship to EC membership – Greece, Portugal and Spain had much to change first, but their entries changed the nature of EU integration forever. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=5afa24e1-1e0a-4e01-b6b8-9f0f00a81271 5afa24e1-1e0a-4e01-b6b8-9f0f00a81271 Thu, 26 May 2011 23:00:00 +0200 The story of the first enlargement of the European Economic Community, as it was then called, began long before the actual date of 1973. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=7188d8af-98f1-40df-9aeb-9ef300a36141 7188d8af-98f1-40df-9aeb-9ef300a36141 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:00:00 +0200 A brief history of the euro from the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992 to the current financial and economic crisis. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=60256726-8356-4321-866d-9ec900a3bada 60256726-8356-4321-866d-9ec900a3bada Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:00:00 +0100 “Ever-closer union” but still no joint army to defend Europe’s interests. We look at the reasons why. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a07e6d35-a0fa-484d-aa6f-9e6800ca884f a07e6d35-a0fa-484d-aa6f-9e6800ca884f Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:00:00 +0100 Moving freely put on paper – the story of how Europe agreed to end border controls and enshrine EU citizens’ rights to freedom of movement. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=f9a17828-abb1-4bcd-9e6e-9e53011b0b08 f9a17828-abb1-4bcd-9e6e-9e53011b0b08 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 On 25 March 1957, six countries made history by signing two treaties in Rome. One of them established the EEC, and the other set up Euratom. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=788f97ad-3598-4c84-bfb9-9e4c0093aa22 788f97ad-3598-4c84-bfb9-9e4c0093aa22 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Known merely for the creation of milk lakes, the common agricultural policy was one of the projects which bound post-war Europe together. See how it evolved. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=391bdb93-20cd-42af-9664-9e3600981585 391bdb93-20cd-42af-9664-9e3600981585 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 1 May 2004 will likely remain the date of the biggest EU enlargement ever. What lessons can be drawn? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=828f8ed7-86eb-4c21-bf5b-9e2c00f7f4f3 828f8ed7-86eb-4c21-bf5b-9e2c00f7f4f3 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 In 1965 France, incensed by Commission President Hallstein's proposals, announced it would not attend Council meetings until it had its way. We take a look back at the crisis of the empty chair. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=74e178b6-b37a-461d-bddf-9e1b00bb6366 74e178b6-b37a-461d-bddf-9e1b00bb6366 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 The first MEPs shared typewriters and borrowed equipment from other institutions. Plenary sessions were held in rooms rented from the Council of Europe. EPTV follows the changes. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=4c6d5540-dd2d-4423-aa5e-9e9aea91ccb8 4c6d5540-dd2d-4423-aa5e-9e9aea91ccb8 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:05:26 +0200 When the newly elected Parliament meets for the first time, its oldest Member chairs the meeting until a President is elected. In July 1989, it was the turn of Claude Autant-Lara, of France's extreme-right Front National Party. Around half of the Parliament walked out when Autant-Lara started attacking the United States... Socialist MEP Enrique Barón Crespo remembers. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=1cf89e3b-5ae2-45be-a751-d53acc274f15 1cf89e3b-5ae2-45be-a751-d53acc274f15 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Simone Veil, elected in 1979, stands for a lot of "firsts": The French Auschwitz survivor was elected the first President of the first European Parliament directly voted by EU citizens, and in spite of being the 16th President of the House, she was the first woman to preside Parliament - an "emblematic choice" by then French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, as she says herself. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=91c5fa82-ee8d-4cd7-9efd-881eca40660e 91c5fa82-ee8d-4cd7-9efd-881eca40660e Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:47:14 +0200 What were you doing at key moments in the history of the European Parliament? We set the major European events within the broader context of the world at large � and what ordinary people were doing at the time. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=827b34f0-0e54-46ca-bf38-a01442070b6a 827b34f0-0e54-46ca-bf38-a01442070b6a Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Accused of corruption, misuse of power and fraud, the Santer Commission threw in the towel on 15 March 1999. We look back at events and examine the Parliament’s role in forcing the Commission to resign. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=dbe22c65-f3ed-4b9e-a023-cdbb02275a54 dbe22c65-f3ed-4b9e-a023-cdbb02275a54 Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Europeans take the success of the single market for granted, but the free movement of goods, capital, services and people is an ongoing project. How did it start and where do we need to go from here? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=f1899663-e582-4652-b6da-e47b59cc6ff3 f1899663-e582-4652-b6da-e47b59cc6ff3 Tue, 25 May 2010 23:00:00 +0200 The EU as we know it today began with the European Coal and Steel Community conceived by Frenchmen Robert Schuman and Jean Monnet at the end of the Second World War. European peace was secured by trade ties after years of conflict. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=f6a3fb63-06b7-4651-bf43-79f4ba3f4154 f6a3fb63-06b7-4651-bf43-79f4ba3f4154 Thu, 27 May 2010 23:00:00 +0200 The Constitutional Treaty was put to a referendum in 2005 in France. Fifty-five percent of French citizens voted against it. So a new treaty was devised to win them over, known as the Lisbon Treaty, it came into effect four years after the previous treaty. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=6c575e35-9eb2-4f59-8a5b-be0bcfa51371 6c575e35-9eb2-4f59-8a5b-be0bcfa51371