June 22, 2007
Pave: In Session
...j'ai découvert que tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
[... I have discovered that all the unhappiness of men arises from one single thing, that they cannot abide quietly in their own chamber.]
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662),
mathematician, physicist, and philosopher
Pensées (1669), 139.
The European Parliament was in plenary session Thursday in Strasbourg. (The Parliament has three seats: Strasbourg, Brussels, and Luxembourg, the city. By treaty the 785 MEPs are required in the course of the year to travel to each of these cities to do the Parliament's business.)
UNHAPPINESS IMMINENT
At Least It's Quiet
[Photo credit: V. Kessler/Reuters/20minutes.fr]
Photo caption: Parlement européen, Strasbourg, le 19 juin 2007
Yes, that seems to capture everything the picture has to offer.
See our earlier post here on the very special place where all the non-activity takes place.
PFFT (What is this?): Doing the people's business ½ | Rayonnement français 0
Posted by Damian at June 22, 2007 06:00 AMFrom your Pave post:
But the European Parliament is almost completely empty for all but four days every month.
With two folks in this picture, I get the impression that this is the busy season...
Yes. It is a plenary session. So one expects attendance to be high.
DGB
Posted by: Damian at June 26, 2007 12:46 PM
