The Chamber

What happens in the Chamber?

Photograph of the Chamber

Are you wondering what happens in the Chamber during plenary sittings?

This interactive animation will answer your questions.

Float the cursor over the various areas of the Chamber to find out what happens there: from the President’s desk to the interpreters’ booths, the political group seats and the visitors’ gallery – it’s all there!

Chamber seating plans

Interactive Hemicycle

For plenary sittings, the 720 Members of the European Parliament meet in the Chambers in Strasbourg and Brussels.

Members sit in political groups. Those who do not belong to a group sit as non-attached Members.

There are two Chamber seating plans, one for Strasbourg and one for Brussels; they are updated for each part-session.

Priority information and documents

  • Final draft agenda for the sittings of 21 - 22 May 2025

    08-05-2025 13:50
    See document
  • Deadlines for the 21 - 22 May 2025 part-session

    08-05-2025 14:00
    See document
  • Draft agenda for the sittings of 16 - 19 June 2025

    08-05-2025 13:57
    See document
  • Voting Time provisional list

    07-05-2025 21:42
    See document
  • Decisions of the LIBE, PECH, and SEDE/ITRE committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations

    07-05-2025 09:15
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  • Request for urgent procedure - Rule 170(6) - CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027

    08-05-2025 10:30
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  • Request for urgent procedure - Rule 170(6) - Amending Council Directive 92/43/EEC as regards the protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus)

    02-04-2025 16:45
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  • Calendar 2026

    17-03-2025 13:27
    See document
  • Action taken on Parliament's resolutions

    29-04-2025 17:29
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