Amsterdam, Paris win post-Brexit EU agencies in lucky dip

Amsterdam and Paris won the right to host two EU agencies that must leave London because of Brexit after an extraordinary ministerial meeting in Brussels that left both results decided by drawing lots from a fishbowl. The European Medicines Authority , a key element in the continent's healthcare industry, will go to Amsterdam, which tied with favorite Milan; the European Banking Authority will go to Paris, winner in the lucky dip over Dublin, which won some sympathy votes due to the pain Brexit is causing Ireland.