Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2018
Italy continues protest against EMA move to Amsterdam
23 February 2018 - The Italian protest against the relocation of the EMA from London to Amsterdam continued during a so-called fact-finding mission which took place in Amsterdam on Thursday.
Twelve members of European parliament were given a tour of the Spark building in Sloterdijk, the temporary home for the EMA beginning in 2019. They also went to have a look at the Zuidas, home to the city's World Train Center complex, where on November 15, 2019 the permanent building must be ready for use.
Amsterdam beat Milan for the EMA in a tiebreak vote decided by chance. The agency and its 900 staff jobs will move to Amsterdam after Milan lost a tense tiebreak vote against Amsterdam in November for the right to host the EMA, which must move its 900 staff jobs to the Netherlands because of the planned British exit from the European Union.
