In this interview, Hans-August Lücker, first elected Member of the European Parliament in 1958, outlines the main powers granted to this institution upon its establishment.

In this interview, Hans-August Lücker, Member of the European Parliamentary Assembly from 1958 and then Member of the European Parliament until 1985, tells of his disappointment at the development of the role of this institution, despite the introduction of elections by direct universal suffrage to the European Parliament in 1979.