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following years, Spinelli
is also co-founder of the
Union of European Federalists, member of the European Commission from
1970 to 1976, then of the
Italian Parliament in 1976,
and then of the first European Parliament elected
by universal suffrage in
1979.
ked federal characteristics, adopted by the European Parliament in 1984.
This project significantly
affects the first attempt of
a profound revision of the
treaties establishing the
EEC and Euratom.
As one of the main political actors on the European stage, Spinelli remains
He also is promoter of a member of the European
draft Treaty establishing a Parliament for ten years.
European Union with mar- He dies in Rome on May
23, 1986. Even today, his
vision of Europe, his idea
of integration of the different European peoples,
the substance of his democratic design are a constant inspiration to all those who believe and work
for a Europe united and at
the same time protagonist
in an international context
which is both complex
and precarious.
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