of Germany is located in Berlin. Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Ðbersetzer e.V.. Of course all the info is in German. :-) My friend Mechtild (met at CL4) might be able to hook me up with folks there.
And, this link is very promising - monthly parliamentary meetings in Strasbourg, which is right on the border with Germany.
Here's a link to a Europarl activities, including calendars, minutes, delegation composition, etc.
The Legislative Observatory. "Activities of the institutions includes daily schedules of the monthly plenary sessions in Strasbourg.
A lot of the coding is by national flag, here's Turkey's, and some info on the Turkish language. They are not represented in the plenaries as they're not members yet. :-(
Here's a link to flags of all nations.
Once I decide which meetings i'd like to attend, or can attend, I can search and contact members directly.
The EU President's Office is more PR, than concretely informational.
Homepage of the interpreting directorate.
There is an online forum "only for interpreters working for the European Parliament. Could i get in as a researcher?
There's an "official journal" called the OJ C (Communications). But I can't seem to find a link to it, even though it says they post its table of contents.... :-(
Getting in to observe the interpreting is gonna take special permission. Here's the usual visiting procedure
Aha! Joint Research Center: The mission of the JRC is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. As a service of the European Commission, the JRC functions as a reference centre of science and technology for the Union. Close to the policy-making process, it serves the common interest of the Member States, while being independent of special interests, whether private or national. Except :-( it looks like hard sciences, not social sciences. sigh I think I found them yesterday, too. Must be some way to network through them...
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