EC Library Guide on the history of the European Commission: Addresses to the European Parliament
Address by Romano Prodi, the President of the Commission, to the European Parliament1
Since the early days of the European Communities, it has always been the tradition for each new President of the Commission, on taking office, to deliver a general policy statement before the European Parliament. Today the President of the European Commission delivers an address to the Parliament each year (source: European Parliament, Historical Archives, blog October 21, 2014).
- 2000-05: Shaping the new Europe, Presentation to the European Parliament by President Romano Prodi
European Commission, Secretariat-General, Bulletin of the European Union. Supplement 1/2000, Publications Office, 2000.
2000-05: Shaping the new Europe, Presentation to the European Parliament by President Romano Prodi -- Strategic objectives 2000-05 (COM(2000) 154) -- The Commission's work programme for 2000 (COM(2000) 155) -- Resolutions of the European Parliament.
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