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0 pointsnothrabannosir9y ago0 comments

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-European-parliament-move-...

Most of the Parliament would like to move the seat to Brussels because most other European institutions (notably the Commission) are there, but France would not agree to give up the Strasbourg seat.

https://www.euractiv.com/section/future-eu/news/auditors-put...

Every year, the European Parliament meets for 12 four-day part-sessions in Strasbourg and six additional two-day part-sessions in Brussels.

Roughly €114 million is spent every year to move the European Parliament between its Brussels and Strasbourg seats every month, according to a new assessment by the European Court of Auditors. EurActiv Germany reports.

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arrrg9y ago

That’s not political polarization, that’s nation states being egoistical dicks (as they frequently are).

At any rate, it's completely unrelated to the topic at hand and not remotely an example of anything that was discussed.

nothrabannosirOP9y ago

It's politicians being petty to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of tax payer money wasted per year. "Not remotely an example of anything that was discussed?" It may not be obvious from the outside, but the feeling for us tax payers is very similar. These are not just random nation states; they're supposed to be team members, and work together. But they'd rather score points with their own little sub groups by not yielding to the "other guys", thereby disadvantaging everyone. Sound familiar?