High-speed train link reinforces Parliament’s Strasbourg seat

Those campaigning against the European Parliament's seat in Strasbourg were dealt a blow on the 8 July 2014 when France’s national railway company, SNCF, announced a new direct TGV route between Brussels and Strasbourg.

By spring 2016, it would take just three and a half hours to travel from Brussels to Strasbourg, the two host cities of the European Parliament.

ESO: Background information: MEPs back single seat by thumping majority http://www.europeansources.info/record/meps-back-single-seat-by-thumping-majority/

International Railway Journal, 10.07.14: SNCF to launch Strasbourg – Brussels TGVs in 2016 http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/high-speed/sncf-to-launch-strasbourg-%E2%80%93-brussels-tgvs-in-2016.html?channel=542

EUObserver, 03.07.14: MEPs to renew battle against Strasbourg seat http://euobserver.com/institutional/124853

Politico, 27.04.15: Hollande: Strasbourg express will keep rolling http://www.politico.eu/article/hollande-strasbourg-express-will-keep-rolling/

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