Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community

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The Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community was the early supranational parliamentary body of the ECSC that served as a precursor to today’s European Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf precursor of the European Parliament
supranational parliamentary assembly
aim to provide democratic oversight of supranational ECSC institutions
composition delegates from national parliaments of ECSC member states
country European Coal and Steel Community
dissolved 1958
function budgetary oversight within the ECSC framework
parliamentary scrutiny of the High Authority of the ECSC
political debate on coal and steel policy
governs parliamentary dimension of the European Coal and Steel Community
hasNumberOfMembers 78
historicalRole first directly supranational parliamentary body in European integration
institutional precursor to the European Communities’ parliamentary structures
inception 1952
language Dutch
French
German
Italian
legalBasis Treaty of Paris (1951)
surface form: Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
locatedIn Alsace
France
Strasbourg
meetsIn France
Strasbourg
memberState Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
mergedInto single assembly for the European Communities in 1958
partOf institutional framework of the European Coal and Steel Community
power power to dismiss the High Authority through a vote of censure
precededBy no supranational European parliamentary body
relatedTo Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC
surface form: Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community

High Authority of the ECSC
surface form: High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
replacedBy European Parliament
European Parliament
surface form: European Parliamentary Assembly
shortName Common Assembly
Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs
surface form: ECSC Common Assembly
significantEvent first meeting in 1952 in Strasbourg
successor European Parliament
European Parliament
surface form: European Parliamentary Assembly

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European Parliament foundedAs Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
European Parliament precededBy Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
European Parliament replaced Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
Treaty of Paris (1951) establishedInstitution Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
this entity surface form: Common Assembly of the ECSC
Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC cooperatesWith Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
this entity surface form: Common Assembly of the ECSC
Treaty of Paris createdInstitution Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
subject surface form: Treaty of Paris (1951)
Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament foundingContext Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
EP predecessor Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
subject surface form: European Parliament
Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community shortName Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ECSC Common Assembly
President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community subordinateTo Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
this entity surface form: institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community
President of the European Parliament inception Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community