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Marga Klompé

First woman minister in the Netherlands, social pioneer

1912 - 1986 Netherlands

The first woman appointed minister in the Netherlands (1956), she was also the first woman to chair a session of the European Council of Ministers, paving the way for women's participation in European construction.

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Nilde Iotti

First woman President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies

1920 - 1999 Italy

The first woman to preside over the Italian Chamber of Deputies (1979-1992), she was a major figure in Italian democracy and a constant advocate for European integration and women's rights.

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Simone Veil
Simone Veil

First President of the directly elected European Parliament, symbolic mother of Europe

1927 - 2017 France

First President of the European Parliament elected by universal suffrage (1979). A Holocaust survivor, she embodied humanism and the values of peace, human rights and reconciliation at the heart of the European project.

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Václav Havel

Playwright and Czech President, dissident for democracy

1936 - 2011 Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic

A dissident playwright under the communist regime, he became President of Czechoslovakia in 1989 and later of the Czech Republic, embodying the return of Central and Eastern European countries to the European democratic family.

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Nicole Fontaine

President of the European Parliament, advocate for women's rights

1942 - 2018 France

A French lawyer and politician, she presided over the European Parliament from 1999 to 2002 and worked tirelessly for better representation of women within the European institutions.

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Lech Wałęsa

Leader of Solidarność, first democratically elected President of Poland

He led the Solidarity movement that began the peaceful collapse of communism in Central Europe, paving the way for the 2004 EU enlargement. His courage embodies the democratic ideals this path celebrates.

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Louise Weiss
Louise Weiss

Journalist and European activist, pioneer of the European ideal

1893 - 1983 France

A journalist and European and feminist activist engaged since the interwar period, she helped popularise the European ideal and, in 1979, aged 86, delivered the opening address of the first elected European Parliament as its oldest member.

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