Common Assembly

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Common Assembly was the parliamentary body of the European Coal and Steel Community, serving as a precursor to the modern European Parliament.

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instanceOf parliamentary body
precursor of the European Parliament
supranational legislature
alsoKnownAs ECSC Common Assembly
appliesToJurisdiction European Coal and Steel Community
composition delegates from national parliaments of ECSC member states
country European Coal and Steel Community
dissolved 1958
followedBy European Parliament
European Parliamentary Assembly
hasMembersFrom Belgium
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
hasNumberOfMembers 78
hasRoleIn development of supranational parliamentary democracy in Europe
inception 1952
language Dutch
French
German
Italian
legalBasis Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
legislativeBodyOf European Coal and Steel Community
locationOfFormation Paris
meetsIn Luxembourg
Strasbourg
memberOf institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community
officialName Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community
partOf early process of European integration
institutional framework of the European Coal and Steel Community
power power to dismiss the High Authority by vote of censure
precededBy no directly comparable supranational parliamentary body in Western Europe
primaryFunction parliamentary oversight of the High Authority of the ECSC
regionServed Western Europe
seat Strasbourg
secondarySeat Luxembourg City
selectionMethod indirect election by national parliaments
shortName Common Assembly
significance direct institutional ancestor of the European Parliament
significantEvent first met in September 1952
transformed into the European Parliamentary Assembly in 1958
supervises High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
typeOfParliament unicameral legislature

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