Dialogue between Joan Guàrdia and Jaume Duch on the future of the European Union

On 8 July, at 12.00 noon, the University of Barcelona will host the presentation of the book 10 Elections. A history of the European Parliament at the ballot box (1979-2024), published by the European Observatory of Memories (EUROM) of the UB Solidarity Foundation and the Jean Monnet House. The event takes place one week before the first plenary session of the new legislature, which will be held in Strasbourg from July 16 to 19. It will consist of a conversation between the rector of the UB, Joan Guàrdia, and the spokesperson and director general of Communication of the European Parliament, Jaume Duch, and will be chaired by Laura Rosel, director of Communication at the UB. To attend, it is necessary to register through this link.
The book reviews the memory and history of the European elections through the analysis of experts and the testimony of former MEPs. During the conversation, Jaume Duch and Rector Guàrdia will look back on the evolution and enlargement of the European Union since the first elections to the European Parliament in 1979, and will address the main challenges facing the institution in this new five-year period, which will begin with the plenary session on 16 July in Strasbourg.

10 elections. A history of the European Parliament at the ballot box (1979-2024) is the third in a series of publications commemorating key milestones in the process of EU integration. The collection is published by the European Observatory of Memories of the UB Solidarity Foundation and the Jean Monnet House, with the support of the European Commission and the European Parliament.

 

Jaume Duch, former UB student 

Jaume Duch graduated in Law at the UB and, from 1986 to 1990, he was an adjunct lecturer in International Public Law and Coordinator of the Seminar on Community Institutions and Policies at the Faculty of Law.


About the book

The European Parliament elections of 2024 marked the tenth occasion for Europeans to directly elect their representatives at a supranational level. Since 1979, universal suffrage has enabled citizens to be at the heart of the decisions that affect their lives at the European level. This book surveys these ten formative milestones, their roots, and their implications for the future. The contributors, some of them firsthand actors or witnesses of the events, provide a compelling overview of the elections, covering a wide range of perspectives. Through both scholarly and hands-on approaches, the authors consider the ten European elections in their historical context, from the first steps towards a fully democratic Parliament to the gradual widening of its powers, with meaningful reflections on the future prospects of European democracy.

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