The

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

's presence in

Kirchberg, Luxembourg Kirchberg ( lb, Kierchbierg, meaning "church hill") is a quarter in north-eastern Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It consists of a plateau overlooking the north-east of the historical city center, Ville Haute, connected to the rest of th ...

currently consists of the Parliament's secretariat, although the Parliament had held

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s in the city for a brief period.

History

The provisional arrangement was reiterated on 8 April 1965 with the ''Decision on the provisional location of certain institutions and departments of the Communities''. This was following the

Merger Treaty The Merger Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Brussels, was a European treaty which unified the executive institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the European Economic Communi ...

, which combined the executives of the three Communities into a single institutional structure. However, with the merged executives, the Commission and most departments were grouped together in Brussels, rather than Luxembourg City. To compensate Luxembourg for the loss, the agreement granted a city the right to host a number of bodies, including the Secretariat of the Assembly (now of the Parliament). Despite the 1965 agreement, however, the Parliament's seat was a source of contention. Wishing to be closer to the activities in Brussels and Luxembourg City, a few plenary sessions were held by the Parliament between 1967 and 1981 in Luxembourg instead of Strasbourg – against the wishes of France and in 1981 it returned to holding sessions entirely in Strasbourg.

Buildings

There are a handful of buildings in Luxembourg used by the Parliament.Map of EP Buildings in Luxembourg
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Secretariat of the European Parliament The Secretariat of the European Parliament is the administrative body of the European Parliament headed by a Secretary-General. It is based in the Kirchberg district of Luxembourg City and around the Brussels-Luxembourg Station in Brussels and ...

(employing over 4000 people), mostly based in the Kirchberg district. The buildings in use are the ones named after

Robert Schuman Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (; 29 June 18864 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian Democrat (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a ref ...

() and

Konrad Adenauer Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a Germany, German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of Germany, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the fir ...

() and most recently two new tower buildings (TOA and TOB) either side of Av. John F. Kennedy (). Some services are installed in the Gold Bell building () in the south of the city. The old

hemicycle In legislatures, a hemicycle is a semicircular, or horseshoe-shaped, debating chamber (''plenary chamber''), where deputies (members) sit to discuss and pass legislation. Although originally of Ancient Greek roots, the term and modern design de ...

in Luxembourg City still exists despite no longer being used by the Parliament since 1981 (it is now the seat of the

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References

External links

Visiting Parliament
EuroParl website

EuroParl website

CVCE website {{DEFAULTSORT:European Parliament In Luxembourg European Parliament Government buildings in Luxembourg Buildings and structures of the European Union Architecture in Luxembourg

History

Buildings

See also

References

External links