Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-04-08-Speech-2-114"
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"We wholeheartedly support items 46-53 of the report, which are all designed to underline the high costs of the European Parliament’s travelling circus as it moves between Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg. As the rapporteur points out, Parliament’s moving between Brussels and Strasbourg entails additional costs for taxpayers amounting to approximately EUR 169 million per year. What is more, moving makes Parliament’s work considerably less efficient. The solution is for Parliament’s activities to be concentrated in one place of work. If this is to be possible, the Member States need to listen to reason and amend the Treaty so that Parliament itself is able to determine where it sits. The European Convention can make an important contribution by giving impetus to the debate on Parliament’s seat so that change really can come about."@en1
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