Election results
Political groups in the European Parliament (1979)
TableDistribution of the seats in the European Parliament according to political groups (1979).
Rates of participation in the 1979 European elections
TableTable showing the rates of participation in the European elections of June 1979 in the nine Member States of the European Communities.
Cartoon by Haitzinger on the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (June 1979)
Image‘Europa and her bull.’ In June 1979, commenting on the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the German cartoonist, Horst Haitzinger, takes an ironic look at the ancient myth of ‘The Rape of Europa’ to illustrate the low turnout at the European elections.
Cartoon by Mussil on the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (June 1979)
ImageIn June 1979, alluding to the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, the German cartoonist, Felix Mussil, speculates on the real powers of the European Parliament and on the national interests that are undermining the European integration process.
'Nine times as dull' from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (12 June 1979)
TextOn 12 June 1979, the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung gives an initial and comparative report of the direct elections to the European Parliament (EP).
Political composition of the European Parliament (1979)
DiagramDiagram showing the distribution of seats in the European Parliament by political group (1979).
Luxembourg’s reaction to the election of Simone Veil as President of the European Parliament (CLT, 18 July 1979)
Audio extractOn 18 July 1979, Colette Flesch, Member of the European Parliament, and Jean Wolter, Interior Minister, comment on the election of Simone Veil as President of the European Parliament.