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Summary:The first directly-elected Parliament of the European Community in session in Strasbourg, listening to the Community's chief official, Mr Roy Jenkins. The Parliament chose yet another leading woman politician, Madame Simone Veil of France, to be its first President. Its members had been elected in June by voters in the nine countries of the Community.
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Location:FRANCE STRASBOURG PARLIAMENTS
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