As we all know and have sniggered about the Parliament's Strasbourg HQ has had a few troubles of late. But I can hereby reveal the reason behind the mystery of the new wing of the Brussels building and why it is over a year behind. The new building, currently called BD5 is a 39,000 sq metre extension full of offices and large conference rooms. And was supposed to have been open over a year ag...
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EnglandExpects on 11th Sep 2008 (via englandexpects.blogspot.com)
THE British National Party's first two Euro-MPs have been asked to leave one of the main drinking haunts of European Parliament staff and MEPs in Brussels.
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Scotsman on 9th Jul 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
To many in Brussels, an IMF rescue of Greece would suggest that the euro was neither a resounding success nor an achievement of strategic importance
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FT on 9th Feb 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Banks in Europe will be required to disclose more information about the number of their employees earning more than €1m under proposals put forward by Brussels
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FT on 25th Jul 2011 (via ft.com)
LOTHIANS-BASED Euro MP David Martin today called for an end to the "costly farce" of the monthly trek by the European Parliament between Brussels and Strasbourg.
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Scotsman on 3rd Sep 2008 (via news.scotsman.com)
On his blog, Jon Worth notes that the European Parliament is financing the development of a role-playing and networking website modelled on the European Parliament, named ‘Citzalia’. The project appears to be financed from €4 million allocated to European Service Network (ESN), a Brussels-based communications agency, from the European Parliament.
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OpenEurope on 6th Aug 2010 (via openeurope.org.uk)
MEPS display just how out of touch with current reality they are by moving ahead with plans for a luxury swimming pool and gym. And you have no way of knowing whether or not your MEP voted for this. The decision by the European Parliament to go ahead with building a nine million euro gym and pool in Brussels which only MEPs and Parliament staff can access shows how out of touch current MEPs are,&n...
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Libertas on 26th Feb 2009 (via libertas.eu)
Boris has once again demonstrated his peerless power of communication today. In his Telegraph column he contrasts the shiny new palaces of the Brussels branch of the Euro-parliament with the rundown Westminster provincial parliament and its cowed MPs. And he concludes You do not need to understand the detail of the directive on Alternative Investment Fund Management, for instance, to grasp that it...
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PurpleScorpion on 7th Sep 2009 (via thepurplescorpion.blogspot.com)
Following an all-day debate yesterday, the Slovakian parliament voted last night to reject the expansion of the EFSF, which would have seen Slovakia’s loan guarantees under the bailout fund increase from €4.4bn to €7.7bn. As a result Slovakian Prime Minister Iveta Radicova’s four-party coalition government has effectively collapsed, as the EFSF vote was tied to a vote of conf...
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OpenEurope on 12th Oct 2011 (via openeurope.org.uk)
From the BBC. Solidarity leader Tommy Sheridan has confirmed he will stand as a candidate in the European elections taking place in June. But the socialist politician and former celebrity Big Brother housemate will not take up his seat in the European Parliament in Brussels if he wins. He will attempt to become a Euro MP as part
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SocialistUnity on 19th Apr 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
According to the EU Observer, the European Parliament has saved between €3 and €4 million of taxpayer's money by holding plenary (voting) sessions in Brussels since the collapse of the roof of the Strasbourg Parliament in August. Whilst I am...
