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The Parlamentarium, is the European Parliament's visitor centre, located in the Espace Léopold complex in Brussels, Belgium. [1] It was officially opened on 14 October 2011 by the former President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, and hosts a permanent exhibition that features numerous multimedia components that explain the workings of the European Parliament and other European Union ...
On 14 July 2003, Thomas became a Lord Justice of Appeal [5] and given the customary appointment to the Privy Council later that year. He served as the Senior Presiding Judge from 2003 to 2006, and President of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary from 2008 to 2010, having participated in its founding in 2003–2004. [1]
Members of the European Court of Justice President Judge Adv. Gen. 1952–1958 Italy: Massimo Pilotti: 1952–1958: 1952–1958 Netherlands: Jos Serrarens: 1952–1958: 1952–1963 Germany: Otto Riese 1952–1963: 1952–1967 Belgium: Louis Delvaux 1952–1967: 1952–1962 France: Jacques Rueff: 1952–1962: 1952–1967 Luxembourg: Charles ...
In 2004, Thomas flew on billionaire Wayne Huizenga’s personal 737 jet to Ft Lauderdale, Florida — twice. Huizenga founded Waste Management and Blockbuster and owned sports teams in Miami. The ...
Due to the failure of leaders to agree on a single seat, the European Parliament desired full infrastructure in both Brussels and Strasbourg, where the Parliament's official seat is located. In Brussels, an international congress centre (unofficially intended as the Parliament) was built with the backing of the Société Générale de Belgique ...
Below is a list of members of the European Parliament serving in the tenth term (2024–2029). The term began on 16 July 2024. The term began on 16 July 2024. In the preceding European Parliament election , 720 MEPs were elected, up from 705 after reallocating seats which were freed up after Brexit .
According to the European Parliament website, the annual parliament budget for 2021 was €2.064 billion, which corresponds to 1.2% of EU budget. [160] The main cost categories were: 45% – staff (staff expenses, contract agents, linguistic services) 22% – operational costs (buildings, IT, administration)
Thomas Francis O'Higgins (23 July 1916 – 25 February 2003) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, barrister and judge who served as Chief Justice of Ireland and a Judge of the Supreme Court from 1974 to 1985, a Judge of the European Court of Justice from 1985 to 1991, a Judge of the High Court from 1973 to 1974, Deputy leader of Fine Gael from 1972 to 1977 and Minister for Health from 1954 to 1957.