Claim 5bef476fChecked 21 Jul 2026
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“Nigel Farage goes to Strasbourg every month.”
Reasoning & Evidence21 Jul 2026
The claim that Nigel Farage goes to Strasbourg every month is accurate. The European Parliament's official calendar specifies 12 four-day plenary part-sessions per year in Strasbourg — i.e., roughly one per month (with August typically excluded). As an MEP since 1999, Farage was expected to attend these sessions, and his official European Parliament attendance records (available for the 6th parliamentary term, 2004–2009) show he regularly attended Strasbourg sittings. Additionally, *The Times* reported that "Nigel Farage and his MEPs hit Strasbourg once a month" during the Parliament's regular sessions in the city, corroborating the monthly travel pattern. The interview date was 2 December 2011, when Farage was an active MEP and the monthly Strasbourg plenary cycle was well established.
Sources: European Parliament – Plenary Sessions FAQ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/faq/9/plenary-sessions); European Parliament – Parliamentary Calendar FAQ (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/faq/8/parliamentary-calendar); European Parliament – Nigel Farage attendance record, 6th parliamentary term (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/mepatt/leg6/4525.pdf); The Times, "This is a party happy to travel on the EU gravy train" (https://www.thetimes.com/article/this-is-a-party-happy-to-travel-on-the-eu-gravy-train-v5w3dtxs9tb)
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Yeah, I don’t understand that. I don’t get that. I mean, it depends. I don’t like going to Brussels, because it’s a horrible, crime-ridden dump: the sky is grey, the buildings are grey, the people are grey, it’s ghastly! But every month when I go to Strasbourg, a little bit of me is still quite excited about going there. Because I love it.
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