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Parliament close to buying all Strasbourg seat buildings

With a petition to scrap the European Parliament seat in Strasbourg gathering close to one million signatures, MEPs are moving closer to a deal to buy all the EU parliament buildings in the Alsatian city.

The parliament's bureau on Wednesday (6 September) gave support to a plan to buy the three buildings for around €143 million, arguing the price is "fair" as it is worth around eight years of annual rent.

The purchase of two buildings - the Winston Churchill bloc and the Salvador ...

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