Press release - Parliament names two of its buildings after Clara Campoamor and Sophie Scholl
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
On International Womens Day, the European Parliament's Bureau approved proposals to name two of its buildings in Brussels after prominent European women.
Key Points:
- On International Womens Day, the European Parliament's Bureau approved proposals to name two of its buildings in Brussels after prominent European women.
- A building located at Rue Montoyer 63 will be named after Clara CAMPOAMOR, a Spanish lawyer and politician, who worked to further womens rights and combat discrimination on the grounds of gender.
- A building located at Rue Wiertz 30-50 will be named after Sophie SCHOLL, a German student and anti-Nazi political activist.
- She was a member of the White Rose group, a pacifist resistance group led by students at the University of Munich.