5 February 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, EU blog post series, European Union
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Rue de la Loi © flickr.com – Euro Pictures/cc-by-2.0
Most of the European Union’s Brussels-based institutions are located within its European Quarter (French: Quartier Européen, Dutch: Europese Wijk), which is the unofficial name of the area corresponding to the approximate triangle between
Brussels Park,
Cinquantenaire Park and
Leopold Park (with the
European Parliament’s hemicycle extending into the latter). The Commission and Council are located on either side of the
Rue de la Loi at the heart of this area near
Schuman railway station and the
Robert Schuman Roundabout.
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8 June 2013 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, EU blog post series, European Union, Museums, Exhibitions
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© Architects and engineers: Phillipe SAMYN, VALLE, HAPPOLD
The Résidence Palace is a complex of buildings between the
Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat and the Chaussée d’Etterbeek/Etterbeeksesteenweg in the
European Quarter of
Brussels. It is formed of three buildings, a press centre and a building currently being renovated for use by the
European Council, mainly, and even also (for some occasions) by the
Council of the European Union as a summit building. This new building will be named
Europa. To the west lies the main Council building,
Justus Lipsius and across the road lie the
Berlaymont and
Charlemagne buildings of the
European Commission.
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