OUTREACH
- <●> 2008 - 50th Anniversary European Parliament
- 2008 - European Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue
- Spring Day
- European Day against Terrorism - 11 March
- Europe Day - 9 May
- Green Week - last week in May/first week in June
- European Day of Languages - 26 September
- Sakharov Prize - December
- European Neighbours Day - last Tuesday in May
- Local Democracy Week - annually third week of October
- List of further peg dates throughout the year
2008 - 50th ANNIVERSARY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
The European Parliament began as a Common Assembly for the European Coal and Steel Community, which came into force in 1952. After the signature of the Treaty of Rome in 1957 founded the European Economic Community and Euratom, a Common Parliamentary Assembly was created for all three communities. The first meeting of the combined body was held in Strasbourg in March 1958. In 1962 it changed its named to the European Parliament, a name that was officially designated by the Single European Act of 1986.To help mark the 50th anniversary a wide range of archive material is available online.
There is also a special logo: download here.
