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13-452: Oldest Member may refer to: Oldest Member (European Parliament) , the eldest Member of European Parliament. Oldest Member (character) , an anonymous character in short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Oldest Member . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

26-503: A nearly empty house, Autant-Lara gave the longest opening speech ever, spreading fear of American "cultural invaders" he said would colonise and endanger European culture more than the Soviet Union. In a final appeal, he asked the youth to turn down a Coke for a glass of Alsacian wine only once. The speech was widely criticised as meandering and mostly absurd, but also nationalist , anti-American and even antisemitic . During

39-504: A one-hour-speech and received both standing ovations and a warm public reception. The same held true for her immediate successors Jacqueline Thome-Patenôtre and Nikolaos Gazis . After the 1989 European Parliament election , it turned out that the 87-year-old far-right politician Claude Autant-Lara of the French National Front would be the oldest member and therefore entitled to give the opening speech. In front of

52-596: A program of reforms of the fiscal system. In the 1976 election Visentini was elected Senator, and in 1979 he became Minister for the Budget in Giulio Andreotti 's fifth government (after Ugo La Malfa's death) until he resigned the following July. He was again Minister of Finance when Bettino Craxi held tenure as Italian Prime Minister in the 1980s. He was president of his party from 1979 to 1992, Member of

65-793: Is the eldest Member of European Parliament at the beginning of a new legislature and at the mid-term election of a new President of the European Parliament . Until 2009 the Oldest Member presided over the chamber during the election of the President, similar to the Father of the House . This privilege was abolished in 2009. From the European Parliament 's first session on, the parliament's Rules of Procedure gave

78-645: The Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI), a position he held until 1970; while at IRI, he was chairman of Olivetti (1963–1982, with a short interruption). In the 1972 election , Visentini was elected as a Member of Parliament for the PRI. Two years later he was elected vice-president of Confederation of Italian Industry ( Confindustria ), but on November 23 he resigned to become Minister of Finance in Aldo Moro 's fourth government, during which he launched

91-507: The Parliament's rules were changed ( Corbett report) so that the outgoing President (if re-elected as an MEP) or one of the outgoing Vice-Presidents would chair the first session of Parliament until a new President was elected. Green co-head Daniel Cohn-Bendit wanted to change the rules so that the youngest member would chair the session, to reflect the future. In the event, after the election, former Italian Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita

104-435: The intent of the institution of the Oldest Member. In 1992, Italian MEP Bruno Visentini refrained from giving a speech, while in 1994 Greek MEP Vassilis Ephremidis spoke some reconciliatory words. It was feared that, after the 2009 elections , Jean-Marie Le Pen , a far-right MEP from France who had been convicted for Holocaust denial in his home country, might be the oldest member, aged 81. In response to this concern,

117-408: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oldest_Member&oldid=645430030 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oldest Member (European Parliament) The Oldest Member

130-403: The oldest member the privilege to chair proceedings until a new President was elected. In the meantime, however, no other business was to be transacted unless concerned with the election. This provision gave room for an opening speech from the oldest member, before the chair was taken by the newly elected president. In 1979, the first oldest member of the European Parliament, Louise Weiss , gave

143-484: The speech, the Socialists placed 180 red roses in front of their seats while staying outside of the plenary room. Some leftists stayed inside holding up "Never again fascism!" placards. Other legislators listened to the first few minutes of the opening speech but then left the room. Apart from being criticised in content, Autant-Lara's opening speech largely overstretched the already wide tolerance of deviation from

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156-555: Was in fact the oldest member, rather than Le Pen. Bruno Visentini Visentini was born in Treviso . He graduated in law from Padua University and joined several anti-fascist student associations. In early 1943 he was arrested for being a partisan and released after July 25, the day of Benito Mussolini's resignation. While in prison, Visentini would ask his wife to bring food and clothes for all his cellmates, as well as various books to remain occupied and mentally stimulated. He

169-964: Was the co-founder of the Action Party (Partito d'Azione) with Ugo La Malfa , and took part in the resistance against the German occupation in Veneto and in Rome . In 1946 he abandoned the Action Party and joined the Italian Republican Party (PRI). He was also appointed professor at the University of Urbino . In December 1945 Visentini was nominated undersecretary for the Minister of Finance in Alcide De Gasperi 's first cabinet . In 1950 he became vice-president of

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