Coronavirus: EU Parliament to cut session short

BRUSSELS

Due to the coronavirus threat, the European Parliament will cut short its plenary session to one day, the institution’s spokesperson announced on Monday.

European Parliament President David Sassoli decided on Friday to hold the plenary session in Brussels, Belgium instead of Strasbourg, France in order to reduce the virus risk.

Parliamentarians and staffers at the EP do their daily work in Brussels, but once a month the entire institution moves to Strasbourg for a four-day long plenary debate.

The new measure limits the session to one day, and it aims at “fulfilling the institution’s role and containing the coronavirus