La session du Parlement européen début octobre se tiendra à Bruxelles et non à Strasbourg à cause de la pandémie, a annoncé lundi 28 septembre son président David Sassoli, malgré une demande du président français Emmanuel Macron.
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Unfortunately, given the recent increase in the rate of transmission of the virus in France, including in the Bas-Rhin department, and for the sake of public health, we must reconsider the displacement of Members and employees of the European Parliament, to a few days of the first parliamentary session in October
”, explained David Sassoli in a statement to elected officials.
French President Emmanuel Macron wrote to David Sassoli to demand the return of plenary sessions to Strasbourg "
from October
" despite the coronavirus epidemic, according to a letter obtained Monday by AFP.
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It is your responsibility to implement without delay the return to institutional normality and a resumption of plenary sessions in Strasbourg from October
", wrote the French in this letter dated September 23, whose existence has been revealed. by the
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The health situation is certainly difficult, but it is just as difficult in Brussels as in Strasbourg,
" he said.