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Covid second wave sparks European parliament bust-up

16 October 2020

1:50 AM

16 October 2020

1:50 AM

The Covid second wave is hitting Europe, so the European parliament has decided not to up sticks from Brussels and decamp to Strasbourg next week. Instead the parliament’s president David Sassoli has announced that the meeting will be a virtual one. He said: ‘The situation in France and Belgium is very serious and travelling is not advised.

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