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It is not easy to weave together the various inititiatives of the early 1980s. A major achievement of the previous decade was agreement to hold direct elections to the European Parliament. These first took place in 1979. Once elected, Parliament not unnaturally sought a rather greater role in the decision-making process with the aspiration of becoming a major Community player. Parliament’s decision to focus on the concept of European Union was at least in part a reaction to the Genscher-Colombo plan. Spinelli was the driving force in deliberations which ultimately produced the text of a draft treaty on European Union, handed over to member governments in spring 1984. Much more detailed than Genscher-Colombo or the Solemn Declaration, this was another initiative helping to promote a positive atmosphere for the forthcoming European Council to be held at Fontainebleau in June 1984. France had taken over the the Presidency of the Council in January 1984. Mitterrand clearly already intended to use this position to revive the dynamic of integration, but his approach may well have been influenced by the draft treaty. In May
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It is not easy to weave together the various inititiatives of the early 1980s. A major achievement of the previous decade was agreement to hold direct elections to the European Parliament. These first took place in 1979. Once elected, Parliament not unnaturally sought a rather greater role in the decision-making process with the aspiration of becoming a major Community player. Parliament’s decision to focus on the concept of European Union was at least in part a reaction to the Genscher-Colombo plan. Spinelli was the driving force in deliberations which ultimately produced the text of a draft treaty on European Union, handed over to member governments in spring 1984. Much more detailed than Genscher-Colombo or the Solemn Declaration, this was another initiative helping to promote a positive atmosphere for the forthcoming European Council to be held at Fontainebleau in June 1984. France had taken over the the Presidency of the Council in January 1984. Mitterrand clearly already intended to use this position to revive the dynamic of integration, but his approach may well have been influenced by the draft treaty. In May
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