Sinking ship

AMONG the many sensible reasons for leaving the sinking EU, one ridiculous waste of money seems to be overlooked. Once a month for just four days the whole circus moves from Brussels to Strasbourg.

Costs for this move amount to more than £130 million a year, which in the seven-year cycle of an EU budget is just over £900 million. Why does this monthly move take place? Because before the formation of the EU, preliminary trade meetings were held in Strasbourg and, once the EU got going, the French refused to relinquish everything to Brussels.

So because of French stubbornness a ridiculous amount of money is wasted every year just to keep them happy and we can’t change it as it is apparently set in stone in some treaty or other.

I have some admiration for the French as they seem to ignore any legislation from the EU that they don’t agree with, unlike successive UK governments who fall over backwards to implement everything, no matter how costly or detrimental to this country.

But, this is another good reason to leave this profligate organisation.

PAUL MORLEY, Long Preston, N. Yorks.