Dutch leader vows to raise Strasbourg issue at EU summit

Despite attempts by the Austrian EU presidency to prevent a debate on the Strasbourg seat of European Parliament at the summit today, the Dutch prime minister has said he will lobby for the scrapping of the "undesirable" seat.

Jan Peter Balkenende told Dutch deputies on Wednesday (14 June) he would try and start a discussion on the issue when he meets his European counterparts in Brussels for the two-day summit, starting this afternoon.

Mr Balkenende said he would "operate tactic...