Book your trip when Parliament is in session. Your MEP has an annual allocation each year to wine and dine his constituents which he must use for this purpose only.
Tell him/her you want to meet him/her in session in advance and you get a tour round the European Parliament, the debating chamber, listen to the MEPs argue in multi-lingual debate (pretty impressive), since you just can't just turn up to see the Parliament (for security reasons) most tourists miss out on what makes Strasbourg most famous.
You'll probably get a free lunch thrown in too!
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