This Memoclip illustrates the activities of Otto von HABSBURG when he was Member of the European Parliament from 1979 until 1999 and an extracts of an interview he gave in 2007.

von HABSBURG, Otto (EPP, DE)

Memoclip: Otto von Habsburg, former Member of the EP

17/07/1979 - Vote in the Strasbourg plenary, Otto von Habsburg, vote for the election of the 1st President of the EP. 3 shots

30/09/1994 - Otto von Habsburg on the way to the hemicycle, 3 shots

30/09/1994 - Inside the hemicycle, 6 shots

SOUNDBITE (German), Otto von HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN, (Interview was realised 28.02.2007) - "It was a wonderful beginning in those days, who believed in the project and please who got as old as I am, when I look back and see on what low level did we got started. And where are we today, unbelievable, we need to look at this Europe in its own historical perspective, as the perspective of history developed it will continue. This Europe will march further the path in small steps. Have a look at the subsidiary, which is more and more accepted by the citizens. When it came up for the first time nobody was sure about it, is it a football or something similar. The same happens to our principles which have to be detected in today's speeches."

SOUNDBITE (German), Otto von HABSBURG-LOTHRINGEN, (Interview was realised 28.02.2007) -  "In reality Europe has developed unbelievable far, but it seems to get boring due to our bureaucracy, that it is created due to the governmental control, it is understandable that this makes the citizens angry. This anger makes me happy because it does raise the question: We should be further, but aren't we? So there is this impatience." 