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Finnish man berates EU on Strasbourg waste

by Helena Spongenberg, STRASBOURG,

The one milionth European citizen to have signed an online petition for the European Parliament to ditch its second home in Strasbourg has called on the EU to stop wasting money on the monthly commute.

Twenty-one year old Juuso Tikkanen from Finland came to Strasbourg on Thursday (26 October) to speak on behalf of the 1,045,000 citizens who have signed the petition, which was originally launched by ex-MEP and Swedish liberal Cecilia Malmstrom.

"I'm just an ordinary citizen and th...

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