POSTMAN IN LUXEMBOURG ⟩ European Parliament interpreters work in a fortress surrounded by surveillance cameras

The city of Luxembourg, which went down in history as the original seat of the European Parliament, employs interpreters who have at their disposal the most modern building built for the institutions of the European Union.

Luxembourg became one of the places of honor for the institutions of the European Union on midsummer day 1952, when the foreign ministers of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg met to decide where to locate the headquarters of the European Coal Commission and Luxembourg. Steel Community, created a year earlier. There was a fierce war of words, for everyone craved honor, and the discussion lasted until midnight.

“After an hour-long discussion, one of the most senior politicians in the room, Joseph Bech, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, brightened up and opened his mouth. He proposed breaking the impasse to start temporary premises located in Luxembourg City,” Christoph Schroeder, head of the European Parliament’s information office in Luxembourg, explained to Postimeh why part of the European Parliament works in this one of the EU’s smallest member states.

2023-12-21 16:33:00
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