day in brussels
Was in Brussels yesterday for a meeting of parliamentarians from development ministries and committees from across Europe. CONCORD had a stall and I took some GCAP and Global Month of Action material along.
The meeting was in the European Parliament, in the Hemicycle, the main debating chamber. I rather like the European Parliament buildings – it's all very grand and modern, spacious but inviting, and with lots of glass, granite and marble.
It was cool sitting in the hemicycle listening to the debate between parliamentarians in loads of different European languages while the various translators whittered away in my headphones. It was rather like the way I always imagined the United Federation of Planets council chamber might be like.
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