Behind the Scenes of Lille's Victory in Winning the European Customs Authority

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PARIS — On his way to his office in the Paris suburbs on a stormy Wednesday morning, Yann Favennec, 47, a customs officer, expected a good but stressful day. The project manager for Lille's bid to host the future European Customs Authority had scheduled a meeting for his four-person team at 8:30 a.m. With coffee and croissants on their desks and voting simulators on a large screen, they settled in comfortably to follow the competition between th…