Who says members of the European Parliament don't need a break every once in a while?
Apparently, there's no direct train from Brussels to Strasbourg, so when MEPs make this monthly trip they must switch trains in Paris.
Every month the parliament charters two trains for the plenary session in Strasbourg to avoid a large convoy of vehicles on the 300-mile (480km) stretch between the two cities. But even political powerbrokers cannot make magic happen. The trains still have to travel through the Parisian area before turning left for the historic city on the border with Germany.
But this time, the trip didn't go as planned.
A French train carrying hundreds of MEPs and their teams from Brussels ended up by accident at Marne-la-Vallée, the stop for Disneyland Paris.
Instead of the rolling hills that usually greet them as they head to the Alsatian city, MEPs were caught between the Art of Marvel and Main Street USA, with Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain and Peter Pan's Flight in the near distance.
What would you do in this situation?
Like, do you get off and hit up Hyperspace Mountain? I'm sure members of parliament get a discount at these places. No?
Here's Dutch MEP Samira Rafaela in the train's buffet car with one of her colleagues:
I mean, at least let em off to do some sightseeing. Probably beats a train's buffet. But nah, they just sent 'em right back to work.
SNCF Networks said the cause was a signalling error at the Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle TGV station. It apologised for the inconvenience, noting that the diversion caused only a 45-minute delay. "The passengers arrived at their destination at 12.50pm," it said.
Hey, maybe on the way back to Brussels they'll let 'em out to have a little fun.
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