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Rail signalling error sends Strasbourg-bound MEPs to Disneyland

'We are NOT a Mickey Mouse parliament' joked on social media Daniel Freund when he and hundreds of fellow members of the European Parliament (MEPs) discovered the train carrying them from Brussels to the chamber's base in Strasbourg ended up arriving at Disneyland Paris.

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16 October 2023 à 21h07

With a heavy workload pushing through EU laws, members of the European parliament know a thing or two about amendments. But an unscheduled Mickey Mouse experience on their way to Strasbourg on Monday morning was something of a first, reports The Guardian.

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