A lifelong progressive and a steadfast witness to many of the 20th century’s great upheavals, Louise Weiss (1893-1983) has left an indelible mark on the Europe we know today.

As both a determined intellectual and a tireless activist, she was a pioneer of the European ideal. She was born on 25 January 1893 into a liberal, upper middle-class family from Alsace. After obtaining a prestigious qualification (agrégation de lettres féminine) in 1914, she became a journalist, and from the 1920s was involved in efforts to build peace and unity throughout the continent.

A passionate campaigner for women’s rights, she organised suffragette demonstrations in the 1930s to demand the right to vote and equal civil and political rights for women. After the war she travelled the world making ethnographic documentaries and became a well-known conference speaker, writer and diarist, working alongside some of the greatest politicians and thinkers of her age.

In 1979, she was elected to the European Parliament at the first European elections held by direct universal suffrage. As the oldest Member of the European Parliament she chaired the constituent session of Parliament and delivered its first inaugural address. Louise Weiss died in 1983. In 1999, the building containing the Chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg was named in her honour.

Exhibition on Louise Weiss: a committed European

Interview of Roberta METSOLA, EP President by BFM Alsace TV

Signing ceremony of the agreement between European Parliament and stakeholders from Alsace and Bade Wurttemberg on the cooperation on civic, politic and historic education

European elections 2019 - Citizen voting

European elections 2019 -  Polling station. People voting in a small French village in Alsace

French election campaign in Alsace - Posters of French candidates for the European Elections 2019

UK Flag floating in front of EP Headquarters in Strasbourg prior to the European Elections

French election campaign in Alsace - Carte d'Ã©lecteur

Inauguration the Alsace-Moselle Memorial in the presence of the President of the European Parliament  in Schirmeck

Inauguration Memorial Alsace Moselle - Espace Euphoria in Schirmeck

Adrien ZELLER, president of the regional council of Alsace, meets with Klaus HANSCH EP President in Strasbourg in April 1996.

STROTHOFF - Former Natzweiler concentration camp in Alsace.

Adrien ZELLER, Luisa TODINI, Antonio TAJANI

Meeting with Adrien ZELLER, President of the Regional Council of Alsace at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

EE2014 - Joseph DAUL - EPP President arrives at Polling Station in Pfettisheim - Alsace

' Espace Hoche ' project - This legal camp ground for Roma people is located on a military ground in Alsace and the project aims to integrate Roma-migrants.

Duchene cemetary - First world war graveyard

Linge Battle field in Alsace

Regional Language and Culture : Situation in Alsace

Pierre Grandadam, pr?©sident de l'Association des maires des communes foresti?®res d'Alsace-Moselle et maire de Plaine, Joseph DAUL, Philippe RICHERT - President of the Regional Council of Alsace, Martin SCHULZ - EP President, Frederic BIERRY, Alain FERRY

Meeting for the launching of the partnership with the M?©morial d'Alsace-Moselle from Schirmeck

Methanation in the farm (Planet Biogaz France), biogaz

Signing ceremony of the agreement between European Parliament and stakeholders from Alsace and Baden-Württemberg on the cooperation on civic, politic and historic education with Rainer WIELAND

In September 1940, in annexed Alsace, close to the village of Natzwiller (called Natzweiler in German), the Nazis discovered a vein of pink granite. In March 1941, Himmler, head of the SS, ordered that a concentration camp be built to exploit the granite for the major construction projects of the Reich. On 1st May 1941, at the place known as “Struthof”, Konzentrationslager Natzweiler was officially opened. From 1941 to 1945, 52,000 prisoners, of more than 30 different nationalities, were sent to Natzweiler and its subcamps. 35,000 prisoners did not go through the main camp. Around 17,000 prisoners died in the nebulous Natzweiler system, including 3,000 at the main camp. This infoclip illustrates the Struthof”, Konzentrationslager Natzweiler (Memorial).

Infoclip: European Centre of deported resistance members - Former Natzweiler concentration camp - Struthof

Demographic change can pose a major challenge for the EU.The population dynamic in the EU has an impact on various aspects of life, from economic and social repercussions to cultural and environmental effects. This infoclip illustrates depopulated villages in Alsace (France) and projects to revitalise the economic activity, the Region of Kiruna (northernmost town in Sweden) and projects to attract new inhabitants (tourism, Institute of Space physics,...).

Infoclip: Reversing demographic trends in EU regions

Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE), EP Vice-President, participates in a signing ceremony of the agreement between European Parliament and stakeholders from Alsace and Bade Wurttemberg on the cooperation on civic, politic and historic education. Joint Letter of Intent between the European Parliament, Alsace and the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg such as the Ministry for Culture, Youth and Sport Baden-Württemberg and the Académie Strasbourg concerning cooperation in the areas civic, political and historical education. This symbolic date was chosen in 2003, during the 40th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty - signed on January 22, 1963 - which sealed the reconciliation between France and Germany

Signing ceremony of the agreement between European Parliament and stakeholders from Alsace and Bade Wurttemberg on the cooperation on civic, politic and historic education with Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE)

This Infoclip illustrates various construction and maintenance sites to ensure transport safety and network improvement in the region of Alsace (France).

Infoclip: Railway - Development and maintenance site

This infoclip illustrates exterior shots of the Alsace-Moselle Memorial in Schirmeck and illustration shots of the exhibition.

Infoclip: Alsace-Moselle Memorial, Schirmeck

Exterior shots of the Memorial Alsace Moselle in Schirmeck, illustration shots of the exhibition, statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President, cutting of the ribbonand visit of the Memorial by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and other VIP guests.

Inauguration of the Memorial Alsace Moselle in the presence of Antonio TAJANI, EP President: extracts from the ceremony and illustration shots

This infoclip illustrates an exercise of the Eurocorps in Alsace (France) : armed forces proceeding to the implementation of a military camp, security control, security patrol...

Infoclip: Eurocorps - Simulation based military training

Sunday religious service in a protestantism church and a baptism ceremony with children.

Infoclip: The religion throughout Europe - Protestantism

This infoclip illustrates the practice of Buddhism Zen in a temple

Infoclip: The religion throughout Europe - Buddhism (1/2)

llustrations of a Buddhist ceremony of Pii Mai (Lao New Year) in Pagode Wat Simoungkhoune in Souffelweyersheim (France).

Infoclip: The religion throughout Europe: Buddhism (2/2)

Residents in Alsace are stepping up to the climate challenge thanks to local government funding and the EU. Households can call on the help of energy efficiency advisors when renovating their homes and can sometimes slash bills by 75%. Find out how with E

Reporter: Helping Households To Go Green

MEPs of all political colours are pulling together to prevent future financial crises. Their recipe to avoid economic meltdown: a European oversight authority with binding powers to supervise the ‘too-big-to-fail banks’. EPTV goes to Alsace to see how the

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