11 – 14 December Plenary Week, Strasbourg

This is a Strasbourg Plenary week, full of parliament debates and votes. We have all packed trunks to go – MEPs, assistants, Parliament staff etc. For almost all of it is more awkward to get to Strasbourg than to Brussels. I get the 7.20 flight to Basle from Luton and transfer by car. Which means getting up at about 4am. So as we often say, Strasbourg week starts badly and only gets worse (especially if you end up with speaking time at midnight).