It happened on 17 may

The European Parliamentary Assembly adopted a draft convention for elections by direct universal suffrage

On May 17, 1960, the European Parliamentary Assembly (now the European Parliament) approved the resolution to adopt a draft convention on the election of the Assembly by direct universal suffrage. The resolution was forwarded to the Councils of the European Communities, but initially, no further action was taken.

In 1976, the Council finally make the decision to adopt the Act concerning the election of representatives to the Assembly by direct universal suffrage. The first European elections took place in June 1979.

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Direct elections to Parliament 1970-2007

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Signature of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Budgetary Discipline and sound Financial Management

On May 17, 2006, in Strasbourg, the representatives of three institutions, Josep Borrel from the European Parliament, Wolfgang Schüssel from the Council of the European Union and Dalia Grybauskaite, the European Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget, signed the Interinstitutional Agreement on Budgetary Discipline and Sound Financial Management. The goal of this agreement was to improve the conduct of the annual budgetary procedure and increase cooperation among the institutions on budgetary matters.

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