Estimated to cost more than a billion and a half euros, the project continues to be debated by the National Council in Monaco.

The elected members of the National Council reiterate that they consider the construction of a new treatment centre to be costly, and are calling for an alternative solution to be found with the neighbouring country.

Could this be one of the stumbling blocks to come in the debates between elected representatives and members of the government? It's a subject that has agitated, created discord and heated tempers for more than a decade... and it's likely to continue to electrify the National Council, which put it on the agenda of its back-to-school press conference a few days ago.