1. In addition to its normal functioning in Brussels, the European Parliament meets for four days every month in Strasbourg, costing around €180million to the EU taxpayer

2. To hear what European citizens thought about this, the Forsa social Research GmbH questioned a representative sample of 1 000 adult citizens in Germany, France, Italy, Sweden

and Poland

3. The surveys in each country took place between 7th and 30th May 2014 using computer-assisted telephone interviews

Context

The results follow…

In a recent poll, a clear majority of citizens supported a Single Seat.

80% of French people said YES

to a SINGLE SEAT