The migration of each month elected European Parliament from Brussels to Strasbourg produced 20,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, equivalent to 13,000 round trips London / New York, according to a study commissioned by the Greens. MEPs and their staff are based in Brussels, but once travelled 450 kilometers per month to attend plenary sessions of four days in Strasbourg, France.

A peculiarity linked to the willingness of France to host on its territory a European institution. The secretariat of the European Parliament is also located in Luxembourg, halfway between Brussels and Strasbourg.

"We already know that the multiplicity of seats in the European Parliament costs more than 200 million euros per year to European taxpayers and night to the EU's efforts to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020, but we Now proof of the damage caused by this climate travelling circus that represent the many movements of the European Parliament, denounced the Green MEPs Caroline Lucas, at the root of this study with his colleague Jean Lambert.

While the EU battle with the industry to enforce quotas of CO2, such a study, lead somewhat position of this institution. For political reasons, the administration of the EU leads the stroške colossal economic and environmental.