 The Parliament's Paul-Henri Spaak building, as seen from Justus Lipsius Brussels (Belgium) is considered to be the de facto capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting the institutions of the European Union. However it is important to note that the EU has no official capital with no plans to declare one. The seat hosts the official seats of the European Commission, Council of the European Union, European Council and a second seat of the European Parliament. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 450 pixelsFull resolution (1298 × 730 pixel, file size: 702 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Date Author Original by User:JLogan, colour-modified and cropped by Ssolbergj Permission (Reusing this image) See below. ...
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There are currently five institutions of the European Union which govern the Union. ...
Berlaymont, the Commissions seat The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. ...
Established 1952 Presiding Country Portugal President LuÃs Amado President in Office José Sócrates Members 27 (at one time) Political parties 7, including: European Peoples Party Party of European Socialists Meeting place Justus Lipsius, Brussels, Belgium, European Union Web site http://www. ...
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Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel MartÃnez MartÃnez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild...
History - Further information: History of the European Union
In 1951 European Coal and Steel Community leaders were deciding on the location of the community's institutions, although they would have accepted Brussels, the Belgian government at the time was unstable so Luxembourg was chosen as a provisional seat. Since the treaties of Rome establishing the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, administrative departments were eventually set up in Brussels and the executives met alternatively in Brussels and Luxembourg. Due to practical reasons however, meetings began to take place only in Brussels.[1][2] The European Union is a unique geo-political entity covering a large portion of the European peninsula. ...
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Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Members of the European Coal and Steel Community Flag of the European Coal and Steel Community The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was founded in 1951 (Treaty of Paris), by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to pool the steel and coal resources of its member...
The European Community (EC), most important of three European Communities, was originally founded on March 25, 1957 by the signing of the Treaty of Rome under the name of European Economic Community. ...
The European Atomic Energy Community, or EURATOM, is an international organization composed of the members of the European Union. ...
In 1965 when the merger treaty combined the executives of the three communities. With a desire to centralise all the institutions, Luxembourg was concerned about losing all her institutions such as the High Authority. Luxembourg's demand for compensation led to the current arrangement of institutions split across the three cities, through this Brussels was granted most Commission departments, the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and host meetings of the Parliaments political groups. The new Commission of the European Communities was based on the Avenue de la Joyeuse Entrée/Blijde Inkomstlaan.[1][2] These decisions were reaffirmed by the Edinburgh European Council[3] (12 December 1992) This was enshrined in the Amsterdam Treaty after being challeneged by the Parliament.[4] Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty of the European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts The Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty of the European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, commonly known as the Amsterdam Treaty, was signed on...
In 2002 it was agreed that the European Council should also be based in Brussels, having been moving between different cities as the EU's Presidency rotated. From 2004 all Councils were meant to be held in Brussels, however some extraordinary meetings are still held elsewhere. The reason for the move was in part due to the experience of the Belgian police in dealing with protesters and the fixed facilities in Brussels.[5] Presidency of the Council of the European Union refers to the responsibility of presiding over all aspects of the Council of the European Union, when exercised collectively by a government, on a pre-established rota of the member states, of the European Union. ...
European quarter Most of the institutions are located within the European Union (EU) quarter, or district, of Brussels, which is the unofficial name of the area corresponding to the approximate triangle between Brussels Park, Cinquantenaire Park and Leopold Park (with the Parliament's hemicycle extending into the latter). The Commission and Council are located in the heart of this area near to the Metro Schuman at the Schuman roundabout on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat. The European Parliament is located over the Station Gare de Bruxelles-Luxembourg/Station Brussel-Luxemburg next to the Place du Luxembourg/Luxemburgplein.[2] Parc de Bruxelles (French) or Warandepark (Dutch), wrongly called Parc Royal in French, is the largest urban public park in the center of Brussels. ...
The Cinquantenaire Arch in winter Cinquantenaire is a park in Brussels, Belgium. ...
The pond with the European Parliament building in the background Leopold Park (in French: Park Léopold, in Dutch: Leopoldspark) is a public park in central Brussels adjacent to the Paul-Henri Spaak building, the seat of the European Parliament. ...
Map of the Brussels metro system A station in the Brussels Metro Brussels, Belgium, has a metro network with three lines of metro (two of which share a common section), two lines of premetro (underground sections used by otherwise open-air tramway lines and designed so as to be convertible...
Wetstraat or Rue de la Loi, Brussels The Wetstraat (Dutch) or Rue de la Loi (French) is a famous street in Brussels running from the Schuman Square (Schuman Rond Point) to the Koningsstraat/Rue Royale almost in the centre of Brussels. ...
Berlaymont -
The most iconic structure is of course the Berlaymont, the primary seat of the Commission. It was the first building to be constructed for the Community, originally built in the 1960s. It was designed by Lucien De Vestel, Jean Gilson, André Polak and Jean Polak and paid for by the Belgian government (who could occupy it if the Commission left Brussels). It was inspired by a UNESCO building in Paris, designed as a four-pointed star on supporting columns, and at the time an ambitious design. The Berlaymont building is an important governmental building in Brussels, Belgium. ...
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The Berlaymont building is an important governmental building in Brussels, Belgium. ...
The Berlaymont building is an important governmental building in Brussels, Belgium. ...
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Originally built with flock asbestos, the building was renovated in the 1990s to remove it and renovate the ageing building to cope with enlargement. After a period of exile in the Breydel building on the Avenue d'Auderghem/Oudergemlaan, the Commission reoccupied the Berlaymont in 2005 and bought the building for 550 million euros. For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
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The president of the Commission occupies the largest office, near the Commission's meeting room on the top (13th) floor. Although the main Commission building, it houses only 2,000 out of the 20,000 Commission officials based in Brussels. In addition to the Commissioners and their cabinets, the Berlaymont also houses the Commission's Secretariat-General and Legal Service. In law a commission is a patent which allows a person to take possession of a state office and carry out official acts and duties. ...
Rebuilding
 Madou Tower, new buildings are set to go higher Across the quarter the Commission occupies 865,000m² in 61 buildings with the Berlaymont and Charlemagne buildings the only ones over 50,000m². Due to the accession of 12 new members in 2004 and 2007 staff has risen by 2,250 demanding an extra 35,000m² of office space. There are concerns that further buildings within the district will create a "ghetto effect". Thus, since 2004 some Commission buildings have been decentralised across the city to areas such as avenue de Beaulieu/Beaulieulaan and rue de Genève/Genèvestraat in Evere.[6][7] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 442 × 599 pixels Full resolution (501 × 679 pixel, file size: 286 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): User:JLogan Brussels and the...
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The Charlemagne building seen from the Berlaymont The Charlemagne building is a skyscraper in Brussels (Belgium) which houses offices of the European Commission relating to enlargement, interpreting and trade in addition to a number of advisers. ...
A ghetto is an area where people from a specific racial or ethnic background live as a group in seclusion, voluntarily or involuntarily. ...
Evere within the Brussels-Capital Region Evere is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. ...
In September 2007, the Commissioner for Administrative Affairs Siim Kallas, together with Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region Charles Picqué, unveiled plans for rebuilding the district. It would involve new buildings (220,000m² of new office space) but also more efficient use of existing space. This is primarily through replacing numerous smaller buildings with fewer, larger, buildings. Although they would be taller than the current buildings (such as Berlaymont, Charlemagne or Mardou), they would not by skyscrapers. The freed up space (some 180,000m²) would be given over to housing, shops, services and open spaces to give the are a more "human" feel. This would in particularly be around the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, which would be reduced from four lanes of traffic to two while transport links will be "optimised".[8][7] Siim Kallas Barroso Commission, 2004 to 2009 The Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit, & Anti-Fraud is the member of the European Commission. ...
Siim Kallas (born 2 October 1948 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician, currently serving as European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud. ...
The regional government of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, is headed by a Minister-President which acts as the prime minister of this regional government. ...
Charles Picqué (b. ...
Wetstraat or Rue de la Loi, Brussels The Wetstraat (Dutch) or Rue de la Loi (French) is a famous street in Brussels running from the Schuman Square (Schuman Rond Point) to the Koningsstraat/Rue Royale almost in the centre of Brussels. ...
Given the delays and cost of the Berlaymont and other projects, the Commissioner emphasises that the new plans would offer "better value for money" and that the designs would be subject to an international architecture competition. He also pushed that controlling the buildings carbon footprint would be "an integral part of the programme".[8] Per capita greenhouse gas emissions A carbon footprint is the total amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product or service. ...
Other bodies
 View from the Berlaymont of the Council and Parliament buildings Across the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat from the Berlayont is the Justus Lipsius building which houses the Council of the European Union and the European Council. The Council's secretariat had originally been based in the city centre, and then in the Charlemagne building joining the other European buildings centred on the Schuman roundabout.[1][2] From 2008 they will move next door to Résidence Palace once it has been renovated. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (972 × 1296 pixel, file size: 909 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Wetstraat or Rue de la Loi, Brussels The Wetstraat (Dutch) or Rue de la Loi (French) is a famous street in Brussels running from the Schuman Square (Schuman Rond Point) to the Koningsstraat/Rue Royale almost in the centre of Brussels. ...
The Justus Lipsius building is the headquarters of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. ...
Résidence Palace is a building in Brussels built in the interwar period which houses an international press centre. ...
The Parliament's buildings are located to the south between Leopold Park and Luxembourg Square, over Brussels-Luxembourg Station which is underground. The complex, known as the Espace Léopold (in French) or Leopoldswijk (in Dutch), has two main buildings: Paul-Henri Spaak and Altiero Spinelli which cover 372,000 m². Paul-Henri Spaak holds the hemicycle and juts out from the complex into Leopold Park. The Parliament is currently being extended towards the Luxembourg Square, which will finish by 2008. The complex is not the official seat of the Parliament with its work being split between three cities Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg with its official seat in Strasbourg. European Parliament in Brussels The European Parliament utilises many buildings. ...
Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel MartÃnez MartÃnez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild...
The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions together occupy the Delors building, which is next to Leopold Park and used to be occupied by the Parliament. They also use the office building Bertha von Suttner. Both buildings were named in 2006.[9][10] Brussels also hosts two agencies, the European Defence Agency (located on Rue des Drapiers/Lakenweversstraat) and the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency - (in Madou tower). There is also EUROCONTROL, an semi-EU basied air traffic control agency covering much of Europe and the Western European Union which is a non-EU military organisation which is merging into the EU's CFSP. The European Unions Economic and Social Committee is the consultative assembly of European social and economic partners. This phrase refers mainly to representatives of business, employers and trade unions. ...
The Committee of the Regions (CoR) is an institution of the European Union created by the Treaty of Maastricht. ...
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors (born July 20, 1925 in Paris) is a French economist and politician, the only person who served two terms as President of the European Commission (between 1985 and 1995). ...
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner), (9 June 1843 in Prague, [then in Austrian Empire] - 21 June 1914 in Vienna, (then in Austria-Hungary), born as Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau, was an Austrian novelist, radical pacifist, and was the first woman to...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Agency of the European Union Location: Brussels, Belgium Formation: - Signed - Established July 2004 Superseding pillar: Common Foreign and Security Policy Director: Javier Solana Website: eda. ...
The Intelligent Energy Executive Agency is a proposed agency of the European Union. ...
EUROCONTROL is the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, an international organisation whose primary objective is the development of a seamless, pan-European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system. ...
For the Canadian musical group, see Air Traffic Control (band). ...
• • • Membership 10 member states 6 associate member states 5 observer countries 7 associate partner countries Establishment Treaty of Brussels - Signed 17 March 1948 The Western European Union (WEU) is a partially dormant European defence and security organization, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 with the...
Status
 The Commission's press room in the Berlaymont attracts more journalists than Washington D.C. Like Washington D.C., Brussels is a centre of political activity with ambassadors to Belgium, NATO and the Union meaning there are more ambassadors based in the city than in the US capital. There's also a greater number of press corps in Brussels with media outlets in every Union member-state having a Brussels correspondent and there are 10,000 lobbyists registered. The Commission employs 25,000[11] people and the Parliament employs about 5000 people[12]. Because of this concentration, Brussels is a preferred location for any move towards a single seat.[13][14] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...
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In 2007, problems in forming a government increased support for the independence of Flanders from Belgium. Belgium currently operates a complex federal system between Flanders (Dutch speaking) and Wallonia (French speaking) which has been criticised by some but the system has also been compared to the EU, as a "laboratory of Europe". However Brussels is inside Flanders yet is predominantly French speaking (officially bilingual). In the event of Independence, the future status of the city is unknown and problematic, but some have suggested it become a "European [capital] district", like Washington D.C. or the Australian Capital Territory, run by the EU rather than Flanders or Wallonia.[15][16] The Flemish movement (Dutch: Vlaamse Beweging) is a popular term used to describe the political movement for greater autonomy of the Belgian region of Flanders, for protection of the Dutch language in Flanders, and for protection of the Flemish culture. ...
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Wallonia (French: Wallonie, German: Wallonien, Walloon: Walonreye, Dutch: Wallonië) or the Walloon Region (French: Région Wallonne, Dutch: Waals Gewest) is the predominantly French-speaking region that constitutes one of the three federal regions of Belgium, with its capital at Namur. ...
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Capital Canberra Government Constitutional monarchy Administrator none Chief Minister Jon Stanhope (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 2 - Senate seats 2 Gross Territorial Product (2006) - Product ($m) $19,167 (6th) - Product per capita $57,303/person (1st) Population (End of November 2006) - Population 333,667 (7th) - Density 137. ...
See also The European Union is a unique geo-political entity covering a large portion of the European peninsula. ...
There are currently five institutions of the European Union which govern the Union. ...
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References Screenshot of ENA The European NAvigator (ENA) is an an educative platform providing a lot of information about the History of Europe and its institutions since 1945. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ...
is the 197th day of the year (198th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Margot Wallström Margot Wallström (born September 28, 1954), is Swedish politician, Social Democrat, and currently First Vice President and Institutional Relations and Communication Strategy Commissioner of the European Commission. ...
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Europa (sometimes written EUROPA), the official web portal of the European Union, is designed to improve the public’s interaction with the EU institutions by quickly directing website visitors to the services or information they are seeking. ...
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