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> As a general principle, the capital is wherever the seat of the Executive and Legislature is based from. That's what people call a de facto capital. Still th

> As a general principle, the capital is wherever the seat of the Executive and Legislature is based from. That's what people call a de facto capital. Still the EU intentionaly has no capital in its laws. > The symbolic rhetorical cover is interesting, irrelevant It's in no way irrelevant nor a cover. It's the reason Strasbourg was selected as the seat of the parliement in the 50s. You can't discard facts because they don't suit your worldview. I will personally stop this pointless discussion.

SllX 5y ago
> That's what people call a de facto capital. It’s also what people just call a capital. > It's in no way irrelevant nor a cover. It's the reason Strasbourg was selected as the seat of the parliement in the 50s. In the 1950s. First: the given justification for any policy decision particularly in democratic societies is always rhetorical. Rhetoric is intended to persuade. Factual accuracy is not mutually exclusive with rhetoric. Second: It was in 1992 that the decision was made to keep the European Parliament in Strasbourg per the decision of Edinburgh European Council of 11 and 12 December 1992.[1] Prior to this it was already located in Strasbourg, which for a time did make sense. However when the European Union chose to revisit this issue, it chose not to consolidate its institutions into one location, but to keep them spread apart and thus the European Parliament now splits its time between what are effectively two capital cities with all the additional overhead costs this incurs in the time and money of the taxpayers and the productivity of the MEPs and staff. [1] https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/20492/1992_december_-_edinburgh__eng_.pdf https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/20492/1992_december_-_... [page 47] [pdf]

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> As a general principle, the capital is wherever the seat of the Executive and Legislature is based from. That's what people call a de facto capital. Still th

by WastingMyTime89 5y ago

SllX 5y ago
> That's what people call a de facto capital. It’s also what people just call a capital. > It's in no way irrelevant nor a cover. It's the reason Strasbourg was selected as the seat of the parliement in the 50s. In the 1950s. First: the given justification for any policy decision particularly in democratic societies is always rhetorical. Rhetoric is intended to persuade. Factual accuracy is not mutually exclusive with rhetoric. Second: It was in 1992 that the decision was made to keep the European Parliament in Strasbourg per the decision of Edinburgh European Council of 11 and 12 December 1992.[1] Prior to this it was already located in Strasbourg, which for a time did make sense. However when the European Union chose to revisit this issue, it chose not to consolidate its institutions into one location, but to keep them spread apart and thus the European Parliament now splits its time between what are effectively two capital cities with all the additional overhead costs this incurs in the time and money of the taxpayers and the productivity of the MEPs and staff. [1] https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/20492/1992_december_-_edinburgh__eng_.pdf https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/20492/1992_december_-_... [page 47] [pdf]