On Wednesday 19 July, the European Parliament’s Committee on Budgets (BUDG) approved by a comfortable majority (26 votes in favour, 11 against and 3 abstentions) the signing of an emphyteutic lease for a new building in Strasbourg, the Osmose building, currently being acquired by the French authorities. The procedure stipulates that the parliamentary committee’s decision does not have to be put to a vote in plenary session.
This is an emphyteutic lease for 99 years, with the option to...