The special train is chartered once a month to get the MEPs between parliament’s seats in Brussels and Strasbourg, the BBC said in its report.
Following the faux pas on Monday, one MEP tweeted: “We are NOT a Mickey Mouse parliament.”
While some made light of the goof-up, othershighlighted the need to stay in Belgium to do business rather than travelling to the north-eastern French city.
“Could a new Disneyland be a suitable use for the Strasbourg buildings?” asked Pelle Geertsen, press aide to a Danish MEP, on the issue of whether the European Parliament could permanently settle in Brussels.
The stopover was not long enough for the MEPs and their aides to sample the rides as the delay lasted just 45 minutes, reports the BBC.
–Ajit Weekly News
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