Tuesday, August 16, 2022
EU Parliament (credit score: specific.co.uk)
A German member of the EU Parliament has written to the physique’s president, calling for an finish to the apply of transferring between Strasbourg and Brussels.
The parliament sits within the French metropolis for 12 periods a yr, as per the European Union treaty, however different parliamentary companies happen within the Belgian and EU capital.
Hundreds of employees and paperwork, due to this fact, should be repeatedly transferred between the cities.
Daniel Freund of Germany’s Greens requested EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola to scrap the system as a result of Europe’s vitality disaster introduced on by Russia’s battle in Ukraine.
“We face a extreme vitality scarcity in Europe,” Mr Freund mentioned.
He added, “Whereas some European residents assume that they will be unable to warmth their houses in winter adequately, the European Parliament is unnecessarily heating, lighting and working two constructing complexes on the similar time.’’
A response from Metsola continues to be pending.
The difficulty has lengthy been debated within the EU, notably on environmental grounds. Nonetheless, France was adamant about Strasbourg’s place, and a change can solely be agreed upon unanimously by the EU states.
(dpa/NAN)
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