Agencies allocated after two years of talks

EU leaders today (13 December) agreed to the locations of ten EU agencies, after much political wrangling.

After two years of debate Italy has beaten Finland in the competition to host the Food Safety Agency. Finland will instead get a new agency to evaluate chemicals.

EU leaders failed to reach agreement on agencies, due to opposition by Italy and France, at the Laeken summit two years ago.

Italy then rejected the list of locations proposed by the Belgian government becaus...