BREXITeers should look away now .............
Today I have been to the European Parliament - Aujourd'hi je suis alle au Parlement europeen - Vandaag ben ik in het Europees Parlement geweest - Danas sam bio u Europskom parlamentu
And that's the amazing fact that I have come away with - everything is translated into the 24 official languages used in the EU which equals 552 possible combinations. (The above are English, French, Dutch and Croatian (thanks Google translate!))
The other fact is that it is huge, the biggest parliamentary chamber I have been in. An interesting comparison is when you compare it with Westminster. There are 751 MEP's which is only 101 more than we have in London. However, in the House of Commons they are not all guaranteed a seat because it only actually seats 437. Now I'm being really cynical but I guess that gives 213 of ours an excuse for not turning up unless it is something really important?
Anyway here are a couple of pics and then it's time to change the subject and let the BREXITeers back in.
London has Big Ben (OK the Elizabeth Tower), Paris the Eiffel Tower and Rome the Colosseum .............. Brussels has the Atomium.
To be honest I have always liked the Atomium, built for the 1958 World Fair, It is wacky and retro and in August very very crowded.
You go to the top in a lift that in 1958 was the fastest in Europe. To move between the spheres the "arms" contain either staircases
or escalators with some cool lighting effects.
Here are some views from the top.
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