Yet Another Successful 5 Year Plan

Starting next month, members of the European Parliament will travel in style on their own specially designed high-speed train from their office in Brussels to their other office in Strasbourg, France. The parliament holds its preparatory meetings in Brussels and its plenary sessions in Strasbourg meaning that every month, 377 MEPs and their staff need to be transported between the two cities. The new train is being touted (mostly by the French who built it) as an eco-friendly and cost-effective alternative to flying.

To make it even MORE “eco-friendly” why don’t they dust off Stalin’s train car?

Cato's Daniel Mitchell compares the train to the special highway lanes once enjoyed by high-ranking Soviet officials.

Beside the Caligula-like nature of that perc paid for by people who don’t get vote on whether or not the want to be forcibly relocated to this new nation, the “proletariat” it’s intended to serve aren’t quite yet pleased:

Despite the luxurious accomodations, MEPs are still griping that the train's late arrival in Strasbourg will "deprive colleagues of their midday break and the possibility of a proper lunch."