Sentence examples for In the hemicycle from inspiring English sources

There are plenty of people who mock the legitimacy of the European Parliament, and plenty more who can think of better ways to pass a morning than tuning in to a session in the hemicycle.

A massive 1 billion EUR lobbying campaign by groups representing the food industry saw the bill die on the floor of the hemicycle in the European Parliament.

A few hours before our spat, Romano Prodi had unveiled his new blueprint for the future of Europe in the cavernous "hemicycle" of the European parliament.

Specifically, the flag would be present in all meeting rooms (not just the hemicycle) and at all official events.

The room, also known as the hemicycle, has been described by the historian Joseph Rykwert as the school's "spiritual center".

The hemicycle design is a compromise between the different Parliamentary systems.

Having been posted outside the entrance to the hemicycle, members can sign the declaration and if a majority do so it is forwarded to the President and announced to the plenary before being forwarded to the other institutions and formally noted in the minutes.

In France the anti-EU National Front won the election and its leader Marine Le Pen told MEPs on Wednesday that "a new wind is blowing in this hemicycle [debating chamber]".

The first non-European pontiff in 1,200 years delivered a sombre and thoughtful, if less than stirring, message to more than 700 MEPs gathered in the parliament's hemicycle in Strasbourg on France's border with Germany.

The debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament has seating arranged in a hemicycle, which reflects the desire to encourage consensus amongst elected members.

The five windows of the choir hemicycle (a semicircular arrangement) relate in various ways to the Virgin Mary.