On March 25-26, 2010, the fifth EU-Parl.net working conference took place in London. The members of the Board of Directors were welcomed by dr. Paul Seaward, the director of the History of Parliament. During the conference the board discussed plans for the coming years and welcomed a new member -   Comité d'histoire parlementaire et politique (France), represented by mr. Jean Garrigues. The board was also delighted to accept the application of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Political Thought and Conceptual Change, submitted by mr. Pasi Ihalairen.

The mission of EuParl.net is to stimulate information exchange and research on parliamentary history at the European level. The ambition is to organise at least one yearly working conference, besides symposia or conferences organised by the members. There is already a collaborative website available, monitored by the Montesquieu Institute:  http://euparl.net.

To date the following countries are members of the network: Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.