On 11 September 1952, at the inaugural session of the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in Strasbourg, Giovanni Persico (left), Chairman of the Rules Committee, and Antonio Boggiano-Pico, Italian delegate to the Assembly (centre), discuss business with Paolo Emilio Taviani, Junior Minister in the Italian Foreign Ministry.
In a report submitted on 2 December 2008 to the Assembly of Western European Union (WEU), the Political Committee reviews the common security and defence strategy for Europe.
The Common Assembly of the ECSC, from 1952 to 1957, and the European Parliament, from 1958 to 1977, hold their plenary sittings in the Maison de l’Europe in Strasbourg, seat of the Council of Europe from 1950 to 1977.
The rules of procedure of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe were an important source of inspiration for the rules of procedure of the Common Assembly (see aforementioned rules).
Ce compte rendu de la réunion du Bureau de l'Assemblée des Régions d'Europe (ARE) - tenue le 2 décembre 1993 à Sitges, suite à la ratification du Traité de Maastricht par tous les États membres de l'Union européenne - illustre l'activité de l'ARE en vue d'accélérer la mise en place du Comité des régions. À souligner la recherche d'une stratégie commune avec le Conseil des communes et régions d'Europe (CCRE) et la désignation du candidat de l'ARE pour la présidence du Comité des régions.
On 13 September 1952, the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) adopts a resolution supporting the initiative of the Special Council of Ministers to commission a study on a draft for a European Political Community (EPC).
On 27 July 1955, pursuant to the State Treaty re-establishing an independent, neutral and democratic Austria, the Allied High Commissioners for Austria hold their final joint meeting in Vienna. From left to right: François Seydoux de Clausonne (France), Ivan Ilyichev (Soviet Union), James Kedzie Penfield (United States) and Sir Geoffrey Wallinger (United Kingdom).
On 21 March 2000, the Assembly of Western European Union (WEU) decides to become an interim European Security and Defence Assembly responsible for monitoring the development of the Common European Security and Defence Policy (CESDP) within the European Union.