Report by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe on a European anthem (10 June 1971)
This report by the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe, dated 10 June 1971, presents the draft resolution of the Committee on Regional Planning and Local Authorities on the adoption, as the European anthem, of the prelude to the ‘Ode to Joy’, the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It also outlines, in its explanatory note, the adoption of the other European symbols.
Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. Report on a European anthem, Doc. 2978. rapporteur: Mr. Radius. [s.l.]: 10 June 1971. 15 p. European anthem. Documents. [EN LIGNE]. [s.l.]: Council of Europe, Library and Archives, [19.09.2005]. Disponible sur http://info.coe.int/archives/hist/hymn/default.asp.
