EU Lawmakers Seek to End Costly 'Traveling Circus'

The European Parliament will agree on Wednesday to scrap its second headquarters in Strasbourg and end what lawmakers say is a 200-million-euro-a-year traveling circus between the French city and Brussels. But France, keen to keep a symbol of its status as a founding member of the European Union, is likely to veto the decision when it is taken before national leaders. At a time of intensified demands for budget cuts and  economic hardship across Europe, EU leaders and many...

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