The
European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...
's presence in
Kirchberg, Luxembourg currently consists of the
Parliament's secretariat, although the Parliament had held
plenary sessions 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 Commu ...
, 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
/ref> The city hosts the Secretariat of the European Parliament (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 re ...
() and Konrad Adenauer () 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 Luxembourg City still exists despite no longer being used by the Parliament since 1981 (it is now the seat of the EFTA Court).
See also
* European parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the Legislature, legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven Institutions of the European Union, institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and in ...
* Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg
* Espace Léopold
* Alcide de Gasperi Building
The Alcide de Gasperi Building is a skyscraper in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. At tall and with 23 floors, it was the tallest building in Luxembourg. It is located in Kirchberg, in the north-east of the city.
Footnotes
Extern ...
* Institutional seats of the European Union
References
External links
Visiting Parliament
EuroParl website
EuroParl website
CVCE website
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European Parliament
Government buildings in Luxembourg
Buildings and structures of the European Union
Architecture in Luxembourg