EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's top administrative body - the bureau - on Wednesday (3 September) recommended MEPs hold a second unusual meeting in Brussels following the ceiling collapse in Strasbourg. The recommendation - to be rubber-stamped by political group leaders today - will see members stay in Brussels for the 22 September plenary as well, after already missing one Strasbourg session at the start of the month. MEPs making their point in Brussels The move comes as safety assessments and certification drag out in the Strasbourg building. A 10-tonne, wedge-shaped portion of the ceiling fell down in the main debating chamber as it stood empty in August. The parliament's 785 MEPs do most of their work in Brussels. But the EU treaty obliges them to meet in the French city 12 times a year, in a perambulation costing €200 million and emitting 20,000 tonnes of CO2.
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's top administrative body - the bureau - on Wednesday (3 September) recommended MEPs hold a second unusual meeting in Brussels following the ceiling collapse in Strasbourg.
The recommendation - to be rubber-stamped by political group leaders today - will see members stay in Brussels for the 22 September plenary as well, after already missing one Strasbourg session at the start of the month.
MEPs making their point in Brussels
The move comes as safety assessments and certification drag out in the Strasbourg building. A 10-tonne, wedge-shaped portion of the ceiling fell down in the main debating chamber as it stood empty in August.
The parliament's 785 MEPs do most of their work in Brussels. But the EU treaty obliges them to meet in the French city 12 times a year, in a perambulation costing €200 million and emitting 20,000 tonnes of CO2.
