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Science centre no substitute for Strasbourg parliament

by Aleander Balzan, Brussels,

France will not accept a proposal to change the Strasbourg seat of the European Parliament into the new European technology institute, a French diplomat has said.

Reacting to suggestions by some MEPs that the Strasbourg parliament could be used for the newly-agreed technology institute, the official said that this was unfounded speculation.

"The seat in Strasbourg belongs to the treaty. Parliament has stayed in Strasbourg for a long time and it represents German and French reconci...

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