The European Parliament should be located in Brussels

[Rune]

It costs European taxpayers approximately 200 million euros a year to move the Parliament between Brussels/Belgium and Strasbourg/France. As a citizen of the European Union, I want the European Parliament to be located only in Brussels.

Citizens of EU, sign here for a leaner and meaner EU and a stop of wasteful misuse of your hard earned money.

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[Elendil_s_Heir]

Well, I’m an American, but you have my blessing, FWIW.

[Mops]

I agree (Rune, should I be concerned for you? Or for me?) - BTW if the European Parliament were allowed to decide for itself, or if it were up to a majority vote in the Council of Ministers, it would long ago have been decided that way.

[Otto]

Feh. Europe. Like anyone cares about Europe anymore.

Is there by any chance a competing petition, reading “As a citizen of the European Union, I want the European Parliament to be located only in Strasbourg”?

[jjimm]

Rune, though sharing tschild’s misgivings, I totally agree with you.

[Frank]

I’ve left the thread open for discussion, but have removed the link.

Rune, in future, please ask for permission to post a petition.

[Rune]

@Otto

Feh. Europe. Like anyone cares about Europe anymore.

Is there by any chance a competing petition, reading “As a citizen of the European Union, I want the European Parliament to be located only in Strasbourg”?

I don’t care where it is, as long as they can stay put. Brussels is supposedly boring like something really really boring and Strasbourg has a history that makes it particular symbolic. Ideally if Europe is to have a capital, it ought to be in one of the larger European cities; London, Paris or perhaps Berlin or Rome. Of course the British Channel will be turned into magic honey before either France or England would accept the parliament in the others capital and Berlin is just too ominous to have as a capital for a grand European empire and Rome will send the northern protestant into a frenzy about the Roman empire, The Teutoburg Forest and what not.

[Nava]

@Rune

I don’t care where it is, as long as they can stay put. Brussels is supposedly boring like something really really boring and Strasbourg has a history that makes it particular symbolic. Ideally if Europe is to have a capital, it ought to be in one of the larger European cities; London, Paris or perhaps Berlin or Rome. Of course the British Channel will be turned into magic honey before either France or England would accept the parliament in the others capital and Berlin is just too ominous to have as a capital for a grand European empire and Rome will send the northern protestant into a frenzy about the Roman empire, The Teutoburg Forest and what not.

Nah, the real big ones are already real big…

Brussels is nice. Pretty. Tranquil. Boring.

Strasbourg is nice. Has a pretty area. Boring.

Boring’s good, when what you have to do is paperwork and decisions.

The reasoning behind those parliament meetings in Strasbourg was, basically, French-ass-kissing, but I’m sure most Frenchmen would rather save the money and use the big buildings for, uh… a Charlemagne museum or whichever new Agency we come up with next. They’re more reasonable than their reputation gives them credit for, the French (I still can’t stand most of their cooking, though, but that’s ok since they usually loathe mine).

Heck, if it meant seeing that money used in better ways, I’d gladly donate my garden for Parliament meetings the sun would do them parliament members good…