It came as little surprise that the debate late on Wednesday 5 July on the single European Parliament seat should give rise to much vigorous verbal jousting, systematically opposing the French delegations of the EPP and the S&D, arguing that the Strasbourg seat should be kept, and the other MEPs.
Uproar was expected. From the outset, the European Commission, through Karmenu Vella, and the Council of the EU, through Estonian minister Matti Maasikas, washed their hands of it all: it was...