At the end of December 2018, the EU Council refused to validate the part that the European Commission should have paid under a 20-year rental lease, to be co-signed with the European Parliament, for premises - located at "a prime location" in Paris - intended to accommodate the Commission's representation and the European Parliament's liaison office in a new European Union House.
The Member States affirm that they are not opposed to the principle of an EU House in Paris. Nevertheless,...