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The Strasbourg cathedral. Some MEPs appear to be unmoved by its charm (Photo: EUobserver)

MEPs suggest Van Rompuy shift EU summits to Strasbourg

by Andrew Willis, Brussels,

Keen to end to their monthly jaunts to the French city of Strasbourg, a group of MEPs have suggested that European Council President Herman Van Rompuy hold his summits there instead.

The idea is one of several contained in a paper published this week by a cross-party group of euro-deputies, whose task is to find an acceptable means of moving parliament's plenary sessions to Brussels where the bulk of its committee work is currently carried out.

A recent poll suggested as many as...

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The Strasbourg cathedral. Some MEPs appear to be unmoved by its charm (Photo: EUobserver)

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