As documents from a March 2019 meeting show, the complaint of uncomfortable chairs did not just come from Mr Juncker, but also from MEP’s including Liberal Democrat Catherine Bearder, who served as the party’s leader in the European Parliament between the 28 May 2019 to 12 November 2019.

During a meeting with the quaestor (in charge of in-house management), Mrs Bearder introduced the matter at hand, noting that among her priorities as Chair-in-Office, she had asked Infrastructure and Logistics department to carry out an ergonomic study of the chairs in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

The document added that this was needed “especially in the Chamber, which have a number of shortcomings and lack manoeuvrability and comfort”.

The document notes that there had been “several complaints” made, including one from European Commission President at the time Jean Claude Juncker.

Mr Juncker groaned about the lack of comfort of the chairs in meetings rooms and the Chamber in Strasbourg, France.

MEPs and other figures in Brussels work in luxurious conditions, and the report also revealed that from November 2019, an office configurator tool will allow Members to choose furniture options from a catalogue in order to customise their office according to their personal needs.

Delays to Brexit meanwhile have also been causing difficulties in the European Parliament, such as its impact on managing “the disposal of the old furniture, including refrigerators”.

Another quaestor’s meeting saw an MEP enquire about the naming of buildings and rooms currently named after British figures once the UK has left the bloc.

This included a building named after wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and a room named after Margaret Thatcher, too.

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The enquiry could suggest that there are plans in the pipeline to change the names of these rooms and buildings, which could effectively wipe the legacy of the UK from EU grounds.

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, is formed of a set of principal buildings and a set of secondary buildings – the latter including the Winston Churchill building – which houses administration and support facilities.

Meanwhile in Brussels’ European Parliament, there is also a meeting room named after Mrs Thatcher, a change that was only made in 2014.

Other talking points for discussion included one complaint from an MEP who told the Security Quaestor that there are spooks eavesdropping on phone calls.

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