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==Bureaucracy==
==Bureaucracy==
The European Parliament also plays a role in the process of selecting the President and other members of the Commission. The European Council's nomination of the President is subject to approval by the Parliament. The EP holds U.S.-style public hearings of Commission nominees before taking a formal vote to approve the nomination of the Commission as a body. Parliament has the power to censure the entire Commission, but not to dismiss individual Commissioners.
The European Parliament also plays a role in the process of selecting the President and other members of the Commission. The European Council's nomination of the President is subject to approval by the Parliament. The EP holds U.S.-style public hearings of Commission nominees before taking a formal vote to approve the nomination of the Commission as a body. Parliament has the power to censure the entire Commission, but not to dismiss individual Commissioners.
[[File:EU sledge.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Response sent to the EU Parliament by [[Evgeny Prigozhin]] when asked to present a case why the [[Wagner group]] should not be designated a terrorist organization.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-723234 Wagner's Prigozhin gives bloody sledgehammer to EU for terror designation], By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: NOVEMBER 24, 2022. </ref>]]
The organization is based in both [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] (for official legislative procedure) and in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] (for unofficial or negotiative stages). While Brussels is the main seat for most other European Union offices, European law requires that the parliament sits 12 times a year in Strasbourg, which is also the seat of the other legislative body of the Union; namely the [[Council of Europe]]. The cost of having two seats for the parliament is significantly higher than were there a single seat, with an estimated price tag of €203 million of extra travel expenses. This extra cost, due to the perceived bureaucracy of the EU, has led to large amounts of criticism for the organization.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7575319.stm Strasbourg unfit for EU session ] - BBC News, August 20, 2008</ref>
It began as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a consortium of energy and steel interests. It was a consultative assembly of 78 appointed energy and steel lobbyists and regulators drawn from the national parliaments of member states, having no legislative powers. Even at this point, the assembly met in both Brussels and Strasbourg, and was criticized for its bureaucracy.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903761,00.html Breeze in Parliament] - TIME, January 29, 1973</ref>
It began as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), a consortium of energy and steel interests. It was a consultative assembly of 78 appointed energy and steel lobbyists and regulators drawn from the national parliaments of member states, having no legislative powers. Even at this point, the assembly met in both Brussels and Strasbourg, and was criticized for its bureaucracy.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903761,00.html Breeze in Parliament] - TIME, January 29, 1973</ref>