Several nationalist and anti-EU MEPs boycotted the ceremony where Angela Merkel received the new EU Order of Merit. Shortly afterwards, the empty seats were filled by other spectators.
When the European Parliament awarded the newly created European Order of Merit in Strasbourg on Tuesday, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the center.
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