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Hi What's your take on the apparent madness of the monthly 'Strasbourg Shift'?

It's always struck me as crazy that we're supposed to support the ideas of people who still think this is a good idea.

Would love to hear from an insider who has to do it.

They could argue that by watching the operation they had hoped to get a lead on the whole chain supplying the girls. This could have rescued many girls and shut down a whole slavery ring.

Looks like we found the francophile (I kid, I kid).

It looks ineffective because IT IS ineffective.

Pointing out that a huge big sum of money is actually just a tiny part of a gargantuan sum of money doesn't make it less of a waste of money and highlighting that it's just one of a large number of 'compromises' doesn't improve the situation either.

Obviously there are policy decisions and treaty details that are tailored to placate various member states but when one is so blatantly pointless and, apparently, solely done to demonstrate the preferential status of one member, it reeks of bad practice.

The inability of the EU to clean up such obvious faults leaves it hard to defend when required and re-enforces the perception that the organisation is a fat, bloated, ineffectual entity – regardless of whether or not it's true. That's the danger that the EU is sleepwalking toward. Just my opinion and I voted to remain

It makes them look ineffective. To be seen happily decamping an entire organisational infrastructure a few miles up the road to keep the French happy. The fact that everyone agrees it's stupid but continue to do it because, "uh the French", isn't good enough in my book.

Cheers. For me it reduces the legitimacy of the organisation. How can I trust their opinions on tariffs, agriculture policy etc when they're happy to ignore the ridiculousness of the monthly 'shift.'