COVID-19 forces EU lawmakers to scrap Strasbourg meeting

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European Union lawmakers have cancelled their session at the parliament's headquarters in the French city of Strasbourg next week, despite a legal ...

The building of the European Parliament, designed by Architecture-Studio architects, is seen in Strasbourg, France, May 22, 2019. BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers have cancelled their session at the parliament's headquarters in the French city of Strasbourg next week, despite a legal obligation to do so, because of the coronavirus, the assembly's president said on Tuesday .

"The resurgence of the pandemic in many member states and the decisions taken by the French authorities to classify the entire Lower Rhine department as a red zone obliges us to reconsider the move to Strasbourg," European Parliament President David Sassoli said in a statement.

 

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