European Parliament in Luxembourg

This was following the Merger Treaty, which combined the executives of the three Communities into a single institutional structure.

However, with the merged executives, the Commission and most departments were grouped together in Brussels, rather than Luxembourg City.

To compensate Luxembourg for the loss, the agreement granted a city the right to host a number of bodies, including the Secretariat of the Assembly (now of the Parliament).

[3] The city hosts the Secretariat of the European Parliament (employing over 4000 people), mostly based in the Kirchberg district.

The old hemicycle in Luxembourg City still exists despite no longer being used by the Parliament since 1981 (it is now the seat of the EFTA Court).