in love with Europe ’, and it is the journey of this committed woman , a campaigner for Europe , which we would like to retrace , from the battles she fought as a young woman in the interwar years to the final speeches she made to the European Parliament elected in 1979 . Louise Weiss left us a series of six books recounting her life entitled Mémoirs d ’ une Européenne ( Memoirs of a European ). The title shows that Europe dominated her life , which spanned almost a century , from 1893 to 1983 .
Louise Weiss chairs the Plenary as the most senior Member during the election of Simone Veil , 17 july 1979 | © European Parliament
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