This memoclip illustrates the relations between the European Parliament and Ireland, before and after the accession process of the State to the EU: Key dates regarding the accession process - Official visits of Irish Presidents and members of the government at the European Parliament - Official visits of the President of the European Parliament and MEPs in Ireland - Signature of Treaties - Referendum - European Elections

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Memoclip: European Parliament - Ireland

Signature of the Accession Treaty in Brussels (22/01/1972) by Jack LYNCH, Taoiseach of Ireland (4 shots)

First European Election in Ireland (06/1979) - elections campaign posters, citizens voting (8 shots)

Signature of the Maastricht Treaty (07/02/1992) by Gerry COLLINS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland and Bertie AHERN, Minister for Finances of Ireland, cutaways on the signatures of the Irish Delegation (6 shots)

Referendum on the Maastricht Treaty (19/06/1992) - campaign posters, Mary ROBINSON, President of Ireland, voting (7 shots)

Official visit of Mary ROBINSON, President of Ireland, to the European Parliament in Luxembourg (17/05/1995) - meeting with Klaus HANSCH, EP President, arrival, handshake (5 shots)

European Elections 1999 - Mary MCALEESE, President of Ireland, voting (4 shots)

Bertie AHERN, Taoiseach of Ireland, voting (1 shot)

Signature of the Nice Treaty (26/02/2001) by Brian COWEN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, family picture (2 shots)

Official visit of Nicole FONTAINE, EP President, to Ireland (15/10/2001) - meeting with Bertie AHERN, Taoiseach of Ireland (3 shots)

meeting with Mary MCALEESE, President of Ireland, handshake and roundtable (6 shots)

Irish referendum on the Nice Treaty (19/10/2002) - campaign posters (7 shots)

Official visit of Mary MCALEESE, President of Ireland, to the European Parliament in Strasbourg (19/11/2003) - cabinet of the President, speech in formal sitting (5 shots)

European Council (17/06/2004) - arrival of Pat COX, EP President, welcome by the Irish Presidency, Bertie AHERN, Taoiseach of Ireland and Brian COWEN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland (3 shots)

Official visit of Bertie AHERN, Taoiseach of Ireland (20/07/2004) - speech on plenary session on the conclusions of the Irish Presidency (2 shots)

Signature of the Constitutional Treaty in Rome (29/10/2004) - by Bertie AHERN, Taoiseach of Ireland and Dermot AHERN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland (6 shots)

Signature of Lisbon Treaty (13/12/2007) - by Bertie AHERN, Taoiseach of Ireland and Dermot AHERN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland (6 shots)

First Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (12/06/2008) - campaign posters and citizen voting (10 shots)

Official visit of Jerzy BUZEK, EP President, in Ireland (08/09/2009) - meeting with Micheal MARTIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland, handshake, roundtable (3 shots)

meeting with Pat COX, Former EP President, to the European Union House, handshake, meeting with Irish and Polish young people, speech about the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (7 shots)

Second Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty (30/09-03/10/2009) - elections campaign posters, citizen voting (4 shots)

Official visit of Jerzy BUZEK, EP President, to Ireland (11/07/2011) - visit of the "Battle of the Boyne" Visitor Center, meeting with Lucinda CREIGHTON, Minister of State for European Affairs, planting a tree (7 shots)

meeting with Eamon GILMORE, Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), press point (5 shots)

visit of the Digital Skills Academy (5 shots)

Official visit of Martin SCHULZ, EP President, to Ireland (03-04/10/2012) - meeting with Jimmy DEENHAN, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (2 shots)

meeting with students and representatives of the College of Dublin - extract pf the speech of martin SCHULZ, EP President (11 shots)

Official visit of Martin SCHULZ and the EP Conference of Presidents in Ireland (30/11/2012) - meeting with Michael D. HIGGINS, President of Ireland (7 shots)

Family picture with Martin SCHULZ, EP President, the Conference of Presidents, Enda KENNY, Taoiseach of Ireland and Eamon GILMORE, deputy Prime Minister of Ireland (3 shots)

Official visit of Michael D. HIGGINS the President of Ireland, to the European Parliament in Strasbourg (17/04/2013) - meeting with Martin SCHULZ, EP President, arrival, handshake, roundtable (6 shots)

Official visit of Enda KENNY, Taoiseach of Ireland (02/07/2013) - speech in plenary session on the conclusion of the Irish Presidency (6 shots)

Official visit of Eamon GILMORE, deputy Prime Minister of Ireland, to the European Parliament in Brussels (19/12/2013) - meeting with Martin SCHULZ, EP President, handshake (6 shots)