Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg The city of Strasbourg (France) is the official seat of the European Parliament. The institution is legally bound to meet there twelve sessions a year lasting about four days each. Other work takes place in Brussels and Luxembourg City (see Location of European Union institutions for more information). Also all votes of the European Parliament must take place in Strasbourg. "Additional" sessions and committees take place in Brussels. Although "de facto" a majority of the Parliament's work is now geared to its Brussels site, it is legally bound to keep Strasbourg as its
Model European Union Strasbourg universities, student organisations, NGOs, various student simulations of the United Nations and the EU, but also major youth organisations as AEGEE,JEF, AIESEC or Erasmus Student Network (ESN). Furthermore, the conference was supported by high-range EU politicians such as Martin Schulz, José Manuel Barroso, Hans-Gert Pöttering and Herman van Rompuy. Model European Union Strasbourg was one of the National winners of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2010 and 2016. The Model European Union Strasbourg 2015 edition, was selected by the European Commission as a success story because it was judged as having a strong fit with the aims and objectives of