Seat

Seat in Europe

Content about Seat from the publication “The ABC of European Union law” (2010, European Union) by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt.

The European Council decided that Parliament’s seat was to be in Strasbourg and thus ended the provisional status of an arrangement that had been in place for 30 years. It had become established practice for plenary sessions to be held in Strasbourg and Brussels, meetings of the political groups and committees to be held in Brussels during weeks when Parliament was not sitting, and for Parliament’s Secretariat-General to be based in Luxembourg. The Council’s decision on the location of the seats of the institutions confirmed the validity of these arrangements, subject to the proviso that the 12 periods of monthly plenary sessions should be held in Strasbourg. The unsatisfactory result of this decision is that MEPs and some Parliament officials and employees must commute between Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg – a very costly business.


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