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Estonian prime minister Jueri Ratas spoke in front of an almost empty room (Photo: European Parliament)

Fewer MEPs than visitors turn up for Estonian PM

Fewer than seven percent of MEPs showed up on Tuesday morning (16 January) for a debate with Estonian prime minister Jueri Ratas to discuss his country's handling of its six-month rotating EU presidency.

However - unlike at the previous such debate with Ratas' Maltese colleague Joseph Muscat - European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker this time made no reference to the poor attendance.

EUobserver counted the number ...

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