French government

[real2008]

At a recent session, the French government has decided that Paris needs a second, larger opera house to complement the famous Paris Opera.
(A) has decided that Paris needs
(B) decided that Paris needs
(C) has decided that Paris will need
(D) decided that Paris has a need of
(E) has decided that Paris needed

what is problem with A?
please explain..

[Domnu]

[spoiler]This uses the present perfect tense, which isn't correct, since no "uncertainty" is present in time. The answer has to be, thus, either B or D, and D is excessively wordy, so I would go with B[/spoiler].

[real2008]

[spoiler]This uses the present perfect tense, which isn't correct, since no "uncertainty" is present in time. The answer has to be, thus, either B or D, and D is excessively wordy, so I would go with B[/spoiler].

but 'at a recent session' hints the choice to be a present perfect case.....

[Domnu]

But 'at a recent session' suggests a point of time... the word 'recent' suggests that the session didn't happen too long ago.

[Arsene Lupin]

The "deciding" is not continuing to this day mate. It just happened and "ended" in the past. So you just use the simple past. I guess the word "recent" is the trick here.