Campaign to transform Strasbourg Parliament into technology institute

A group of 130 MEPs from across the political spectrum have called for the European Parliament building in Strasbourg to be transformed into a European Institute of Technology.

The group - who call themselves the "Campaign for Parliament Reform" (CPR) - says they are reacting to a speech from European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso which suggested that Europe needed an equivalent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, in order to stop the brain drain of scient...