Location, Location, Location: It Does Matter Where EU Institutions Are Based

The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Banking Authority (EBA) will have to be relocated before the UK leaves the EU. Where they end up going will reveal a lot about European politics.First, there is simple question of geographic balance. EU institutions are located disproportionately in Francophone Western Europe. Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg host the most important institutions, from the Court of Justice, the Parliament, Commission, Presidency and Council of M