A cross-party group of lawmakers wants the European Parliament to scrap its monthly trek to Strasbourg as long as the energy crisis persists. In letters obtained by POLITICO, members of The Left group and the right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) argue the institution should practice what the EU preaches and avoid spending fuel on nonessential travel amid conflict in the Middle East. “When Member States and EU citizens are called upon by EU institutions to take immediate