European Parliament: Cost of Multiple Sites

House of Lords written question – answered at on 8 June 2005.

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Photo of Lord Barnett Lord Barnett Labour

asked Her Majesty's Government:

For each of the past three years, what is the estimate of the annual cost to the European Union budget of moving the European Parliament to Strasbourg.

Photo of Lord Triesman Lord Triesman Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

The European Parliament (EP) is located on three sites: Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg. The housing of the EP on three sites dates from well before the UK joined the EU with Strasbourg chosen as the seat of the EP back in 1958 as a symbol of Franco-German reconciliation.

There has been no study of which we are aware of the financial costs and benefits of having multiple sites for the EP rather than a single site.

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