The European Parliament seat in Strasbourg called into question. May it be the last assault in its struggle with Brussels?
Abstract
Pursuant to the Treaty provisions, the European Parliament has its seat at the city of Strasbourg, where the twelve monthly part sessions should be held, being Brussels the meeting place for the Parliamentary committees and the additional plenary part-sessions. The necessity of moving every month between both cities, not only the members of the Europarliament but also the translators, secretaries and the rest of the necessary staff, together with the corresponding documentation, has caused a clearly unsatisfactory situation which has raised many voices for establishing a single seat for parliamentary works, favoring clearly the city of Brussels, which has given rise on the other side to the logical French reaction advocating for the the maintenance of the Alsatian capital as one seat. The frequently difficult relationship between the parliamentary institution and the Member States’ governments has also obliged the European Court of Justice to decide on this issue several times. We are going to analyze the development of this conflict, with reference to the arguments put forward by the partisans of either option so as to study the last decision adopted by the chamber in its plenary session of 23rd November 2013, which meant a new setback to the interest of France of preserving Strasbourg as one of the seats.
Published online: 13 November 2014
Downloads
Last update: 08/02/2022
The authors, by submitting their manuscripts to the Estudios Deusto. Revista de Derecho Público, accept the conditions listed below on copyright and undertake to comply with them.
- Authorship: The author must be the sole creator of the work or legally acting on behalf of and with the full agreement of all the authors.
- Copyright, liability and Ethical Guidelines:
- Authors warrant that their manuscript is original; has not been previously copyrighted or published in any form; is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; its submission and publication do not violate the Ethical Guidelines of Estudios Deusto. Revista de Derecho Público and any codes (of conduct), laws or any rights of any third party; and no publication payment by the Publisher (University of Deusto) is required.
- Authors grant to the Publisher the worldwide, sub-licensable, and royalty-free right to exploit the manuscript in all forms and media of expression, now known or developed in the future, for educational and scholarly purposes.
- Authors retain the right to present, display, distribute, develop, and republish their manuscript to progress their scientific career provided the original publication source (Estudios Deusto. Revista de Derecho Público) is properly acknowledged and in a way that does not suggest the Publisher endorses them or their use of the work.
- Authors warrant that no permissions or licences of any kind have been granted or will be granted that might infringe the rights granted to the Publisher.
- Authors are solely liable for the consequences that may arise from third parties’ complaints about the submitted manuscript and its publication in Estudios de Deusto. Revista de Derecho Público.
- Users: Estudios de Deusto. Revista de Derecho Público is an Open Access publication. Its content is free for full and immediate access, reading, search, download, distribution and reuse in any medium or format only for non-commercial purposes and in compliance with any applicable copyright legislation, without prior permission from the Publisher or the author(s). In any case, proper acknowledgement of the original publication source must be made and any changes to the original work must be indicated clearly and in a manner that does not suggest the author’s and or Publisher’s endorsement whatsoever. Any other use of its content in any medium or format, now known or developed in the future, requires prior written permission of the copyright holder.
.jpg)
.jpg)
4.jpg)
4.jpg)
4.jpg)
.jpg)
