Brussels, 19/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - MEP Timothy Kirkhope invites the British Prime Minister to sign the petition of MEPs (on http://www.oneseat.eu ) in favour of a single parliamentary seat, in Brussels. The petition has already been signed by one million EU citizens (see EUROPE 9266). “The waste of £150 million a year must end”, the British conservative states in a press release, saying that during the next European Council (Ed.: on 20 October in Lahti), Tony Blair must “persuade EU leaders to end the hugely expensive charade of monthly sessions in Strasbourg”. “This nonsense destroys voters' trust in the EU”, he warns.