European Parliament
About European Parliament
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union (EU) and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union, it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), after the June 2024 European elections, from a previous 705 MEPs. It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world, with an electorate of around 375 million eligible voters in 2024.
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At the European Parliament, interpreters have to switch every half an hour because otherwise they just get very, very stressed.
from No Such Thing As Captain Birdseye's Caribou Sausage, 2025-03-06 at 00:24:04 · read transcript
Other times European Parliament came up
Have you searched for it? Yes, I have. It definitely doesn't exist. It was in 1995, the European Parliament decided they were going to build the E-404. It was near Zebrugge in Belgium, and they decided they were going to build it, and they just never did. So now, if you try to go onto the E-404 plug-in to your sat-nav, it will just give you an error message.
408: No Such Thing As A 'Waiting For Godot' Action Figure, 2022-01-07 · listen
So Jamaica have got an athletic stadium-shaped parliament That's great When you say athletic stadium-shaped Is there a bit in the middle where you get to like Throw the javelin? Like what does that mean? It's just because there are nine countries in the world with circular chambers There's quite a lot of them have got hemispheres Like France and like the European Parliament Quite a lot I've got the same as the British Parliament but theirs is kind of an elongated circle. That's great.
604: No Such Thing As Crown Jewels For The Cookie Monster, 2025-10-09 · listen
When you say athletic stadium-shaped, is there a bit in the middle where you get to throw the javelin? Like, what does that mean? It's just because there are nine countries in the world with circular chambers. There's quite a lot of them. We've got hemispheres like France and like the European Parliament. Quite a lot of got the same as the British Parliament. Theirs is kind of an elongated circle. That's great.
No Such Thing As Crown Jewels For The Cookie Monster, 2025-10-09 · listen
Have you set for it? Yes, I have. It definitely doesn't exist. It was in 1995, the European Parliament decided they were going to build the E-404. It was near Zbrugger in Belgium. They decided they were going to build it, and they just never did. So now, if you try to go onto the E-404, plug it into your sat-nav, it will just give you an error message.
No Such Thing As A 'Waiting For Godot' Action Figure, 2022-01-07 · listen
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