Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg official home. The Parliament's five buildings, all named after distinguished European politicians, are located in the "Quartier Européen" (European Quarter) of the city, which it shares with other European organisations which are separate from the European Union's. Previously the Parliament used to share the same assembly room as the Council of Europe. Today, the principal building is the Louise Weiss building, inaugurated in 1999. The Louise Weiss building (IPE 4) (named after Louise Weiss, a French former member of the parliament), is located in the Wacken district of Strasbourg, south of Schiltigheim, between the 1920s workers' suburban colony ("Cité ouvrière")
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (ALDE-PACE) (French: "Alliance des démocrates et des libéraux pour l'Europe") is a political group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe bringing together 74 members from 30 states. Since October 2017, the group is chaired by Hendrik (Rik) Daems, Belgium. The Mission of the ALDE-PACE group is to promote core values of the Council of Europe: democracy, human rights and the rule of law through