MEPs in the budgetary control committee have signed off the parliament's 2004 accounts after months of blocking the move due to allegations that the parliament was paying too rent for its Strasbourg buildings.
The parliament's investigators concluded they found no proof of illegal acts on the part of the Alsatian city - accused earlier this year of charging the House around €80 million extra since 1979 – but criticised its approach for being "discourteous."
German centre-right ME...
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