Democracy is people and not
buildings, Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio said in responding to
French European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau's criticism of
his proposal to abolish the European Parliament's Strasbourg
seat Tuesday.
"Democracy is made up of people who participate, Italian
citizens, French citizens, all European citizens want more
decision-making power, more democracy, more direct democracy,"
said the industry and labour minister, who is head of the
anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S).
"You can't solve these problems with a billion-euro
building".
Loiseau described Di Maio's demolition proposal as "a
declaration of war on European democracy".
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