Deputies backed a report by British Conservative Ashley Fox and Gerard Hafner, a German Green MEP, by 483 votes to 141 and 34 abstentions.
The report, which is not legally binding, does not commit support for either Brussels or Strasbourg. Instead it calls for the European Parliament to use its power under the EU treaties to launch a procedure to change the treaty, with a view to allowing the parliament to decide on the location of its own seat.
Nonetheless, most MEPs favour a single seat in Brussels where the bulk of the assembly's legislative work takes place. EU Observer.
Why has it taken all these EXPENSIVE years?
