A flaming nuisance

Date: 19/06/1997

Voting can be a dangerous business, as Euro MP

Claudia Roth discovered in Strasbourg.

The president of the European Parliament's Green Group's reputation as a fiery contributor to debates was enhanced last week when her electronic voting machine decided the issue of noise pollution was too hot to handle and burst into flames as she tried to cast her vote. Parliamentary ushers who are always on stand-by for just such an emergency rushed in and saved the day...