text: Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions , such as the Council of Europe ( with its European Court of Human Rights , its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and its European Audiovisual Observatory ) and the Eurocorps , as well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European Union .
simplified: Strasbourg is the seat Council of Europe , of the European Court of Human Rights and of the European Parliament .