I'm not sure that I'd describe Paris as 'centrally located' within Europe, although it is about 340km more central than London.
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In fact with the UK out of the EU it could be argued that Paris is on the edge of Europe. 
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For centrally located, you have to go MUC or ZRH which are of course major Star Alliance ports.
