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The Committee on Constitutional Affairs adopted an amendment seeking to add the following sentence to Article 289 of the EC Treaty:
‘In the case of the European Parliament, it shall decide, by an absolute majority of its members, on the location of its seat and of all its meetings’.
I would like to point out that this issue is not on the agenda of the Intergovernmental Conference. The IGC’s principal aim is to reform the institutions in preparation for enlargement.
Furthermore, the issue of the European Parliament’s seat is covered by a Court of Justice ruling of 1 October 1997 and laid down in the protocol on the seat of the institutions annexed to the Treaty of Amsterdam. That ought to be enough to ensure that this question is never raised again.
To those who envisage building a Europe where the places of work and decision making are concentrated on one site only, I say that today, more than ever, we must build a democratic Europe, close to all its citizens. The very identity of Parliament and the powers it claims depend on that.
As a French Socialist Member, I am therefore very much opposed to any proposal that would call into question the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament.
Madam President, that is why I have voted against this motion."@en1
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