So long, farewell, auf Wiederse… Make that, see you Monday.
Perhaps no figure in the history of the European Parliament has had as many ceremonial, valedictory events as Martin Schulz, the recently-departed Parliament president.
There was a news conference in late November when he announced his decision to leave Parliament and return to national politics in Germany.
There was a farewell speech to a plenary session of the Parliament in Strasbourg on December 14, then a goodbye speech to European leaders at a summit in Brussels on December 15, along with a final news conference for journalists that seemed to last forever.
Then he …read more
Source: European Voice
