The EU assembly will test out expanding the use of 'blue cards', encouraging members to challenge each other on the debating floor
Once a month, the European Parliament’s central chambers in Brussels or Strasbourg play host to a scene as old as the chamber itself.
The EU assembly’s 720 members patiently queue up to deliver scripted remarks to a near-empty chamber, oblivious to what their political opponents have just said. With their short speech ready to be clipped for social media, they head for the exits.
“The debating culture in the European Parliament’s plenary right now is practically non-existent,” said Lukas Sieper, a German MEP in the liberal Renew Europe grouping.
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