The President of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, announced on Wednesday 12 May at the Conference of Presidents of the political groups (CoP) that, except in cases of force majeure, the Parliament would meet again in person in Strasbourg during the plenary session starting on Monday 7 June.
After a 15-month absence, this return is made possible by the positive trend in the health situation in the Alsatian capital, according to the European Parliament administration.
However, Belgium will have to lift the quarantine requirement for people returning from a stay in the Grand Est region of more than 48 hours in the meantime.
“After more than a year of fog, the sky finally seems to be clearing for the European Parliament’s headquarters in Strasbourg. The sanitary conditions are in place to welcome back MEPs”, said Anne Sander (EPP, France), insisting on respect for the European treaties.
The first plenary session of the Conference on the Future of Europe will also take place in Strasbourg on Saturday 19 June (see EUROPE 12716/1). (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)