Saturday, February 08, 2014

Justice, the EU and its £415m gilded Tower of Babel...

It is a modern day Tower of Babel. Stretching 24 storeys into the air, the twin golden skyscrapers − the tallest in Luxembourg − were built to house more than 1,000 translators and interpreters.

The linguists all work for one European institution, a part of the European Union of which most of us have little understanding, but which has huge power.

The towers, deliberately designed to radiate a golden glow in sunlight, house the civil servants who work for the European Court of Justice.

It has a budget of £290 million a year, almost triple its budget a decade ago, although judges complain that the court needs even greater funding.

 Beneath the towers last week were parked several very expensive cars, among them Mercedes and BMWs. Full story...

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