In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, explains how she joined the Chamber of Deputies after the parliamentary election in 1964.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, describes how she was received by her male colleagues when she joined the Chamber of Deputies and the European Parliament in 1965.

In this interview excerpt, Astrid Lulling, general secretary for agricultural and food workers’ trade unions at the European Trade Union Secretariat (ETUS) from 1963 to 1971, a Member of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies from 1965 to 1989 and a Member of the European Parliament from 1965 to 1974 and from 1989 to 2014, discusses the diminishing influence of trade unions in European affairs in the 1960s, especially following the merger of the executive bodies in 1965.