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Josep Borrell "quite likes going to Strasbourg" (Photo: European Parliament)

EU summit opens with silence on Strasbourg folly

Thursday's EU summit opened with silence on a subject dear to the 568,000 Europeans who recently signed a petition for the European Parliament to drop its €200 million a year second home in Strasbourg.

Parliament president Josep Borrell had planned to speak up on Strasbourg in his keynote speech to EU leaders, but cut the point the week before, after Austrian chancellor Wolfgang Schussel told him to.

"Consultations with member states - in particular with France, the host state -...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Josep Borrell "quite likes going to Strasbourg" (Photo: European Parliament)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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