Rail signalling error diverts Strasbourg-bound MEPs to Disneyland

‘We are not a Mickey Mouse parliament,’ jokes one MEP after diversion causes 45-minute delay

With a heavy workload pushing through EU laws, members of the European parliament know a thing or two about amendments. But an unscheduled Mickey Mouse experience on their way to Strasbourg on Monday morning was something of a first.

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.