Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : University-Press.org
ISBN 13 : 9781230486536
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Book Synopsis Presidents of the European Parliament by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Presidents of the European Parliament written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Paul-Henri Spaak, Alcide De Gasperi, President of the European Parliament, Robert Schuman, Mario Scelba, Jerzy Buzek, Simone Veil, Pat Cox, Alain Poher, Hans-Gert Pottering, Josep Borrell, Emilio Colombo, Pierre Pflimlin, Giuseppe Pella, Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, Hans Furler, Egon Klepsch, Enrique Baron Crespo, Nicole Fontaine, Victor Leemans, Piet Dankert, Walter Behrendt, Klaus Hansch, Jose Maria Gil-Robles, Gaetano Martino, Cornelis Berkhouwer, Jean Duvieusart, Georges Spenale. Excerpt: Alcide De Gasperi (3 April 1881 - 19 August 1954) was an Italian statesman and politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party. From 1945 to 1953 he was the prime minister of eight successive coalition governments. His eight-year rule remains a landmark of political longevity for a leader in modern Italian politics. A conservative Catholic, he was one of the Founding fathers of the European Union, along with the Frenchman Robert Schuman and the German Konrad Adenauer. De Gasperi was born in Pieve Tesino in Tyrol, which at that time belonged to Austria-Hungary, now part of the Trentino in Italy. His father was a local police officer of limited financial means. From 1896 De Gasperi was active in the Social Christian movement. In 1900 he joined the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy in Vienna, where he played an important role in the inception of the Christian student movement. He was very much inspired by the Rerum Novarum encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII in 1891. In 1904 he took an active part in the student demonstrations in favour of an Italian-language university. Imprisoned with other protesters during the inauguration of the Italian juridical faculty in Innsbruck, he was released after twenty days. In 1905, De Gasperi obtained a degree in philology. In 1905 he began to work as editor of the newspaper La...