The EU decides tonight the headquarters of the anti-money laundering agency to which Madrid aspires. Madrid, which is one of the nine candidates, has some support among MEPs, but little at the moment in the Council, among the Member States.

The quality of what is offered matters, in infrastructure, cost of living, transportation with the rest of the continent, international schools, facilities. In theory, something like the fight against money laundering should also count, which would place Paris Madrid.