Parliament asks for treaty revision on Strasbourg seat

The European Parliament should have the right to decide where and when it meets, said the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament on the 14 October 2013. MEPs undertook to initiate an EU treaty revision procedure to propose the changes needed to allow Parliament to decide on the location of its seat and its internal organisation.

The latest attempt to reduce the number of parliamentary seats might force the Council of the European Union to discuss a treaty change.

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EUObserver, 15.10.13: MEPs call for treaty change to scrap Strasbourg seat http://euobserver.com/institutional/121790

European Parliament: Press Release, 14.10.13: Call for a treaty change to allow Parliament to decide where it sits http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/news-room/content/20131014IPR22233/

Les Dernières nouvelles d’Alsace / The Daily Telegraph, 15.10.13: Headed for a single seat (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/4236351-headed-single-seat

ESO: Background information: France wins EU court ruling on ‘split’ Strasbourg session http://www.europeansources.info/record/france-wins-eu-court-ruling-on-split-strasbourg-session/

EUObserver, 15.10.13: Brussels: An EU capital in the making http://euobserver.com/regions/121455

Spiegel Online International, 19.11.13: Euro Shuffle: MEPs Rebel Against Monthly Move to Strasbourg http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/meps-want-to-end-monthly-commute-between-brussels-and-strasbourg-a-934400.html

BBC News, 20.11.13: MEPs push to end Strasbourg shuttle with treaty change http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25014911

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