​A train carrying MEPs and journalists traveling from Brussels to Strasbourg on Monday for a plenary session of the European Parliament arrived due to an error during a transfer at a station in the Paris region that serves Disneyland, the railway company SNCF said, the newspaper reported. agencies France-Presse and Agerpres.

“When the magic comes to life,” the Disney slogan, will soon become the slogan of the European Parliament? Emmanuel Fullon, an aide to the European Parliament who was on the train, wrote on the X network. The information quickly circulated on social networks and caused amusement among MEPs, parliamentary groups and media who follow the activities of the Community legislature. The European political news portal politico.eu gave the headline, for example, “Mickey Mouse Parliament?”.

“The train was directed to Marne-La Vallee (about 40 km from Paris) instead of the high-speed line. It arrived at its destination (Strasbourg) at 12.50, 45 minutes late,” the SNCF network briefly responded in a statement sent to the press.

According to tf1info.fr, the transition error occurred near Ile-de-France.

“Plenary meeting and the train that wanted to go on vacation”

Every month, this train transports several hundred MEPs and their staff from Brussels to Strasbourg for the plenary session.

The train, which left Brussels on Monday morning, was late for a connection near the Paris region and arrived in Marne-la-Vallee. Here the train made a U-turn and finally arrived in Strasbourg as originally planned. According to SNCF, such incidents are very rare.

“Will it inspire a Disney movie? Plenary meeting and the train that wanted to go on vacation…” – wrote X Pelle Hertsen, adviser to the Danish MEP, on the network.