Dear follower, a slight erratum: In this tweet we meant to say that Simone Veil was the first woman to hold the particular office of @EP_President, not that she was the first woman ever in the European Parliament. Please accept our apologies for any confusion!
RT @EUPublications: #OnThisDay 1979 Simone Veil became the first president of the directly elected European Parliament in 1979 & the first woman to hold office! Feel histo…

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