Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Europa building is the seat of the European Council and Council of the European Union, located on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. [1] Its defining feature is the multi-storey "lantern-shaped" construct holding the main meeting rooms; a representation of which has been adopted by both the European ...
From 2017, both the Council of the European Union and the European Council adopted the purpose-built Europa building as their official headquarters, although they continue to utilise the facilities afforded by the adjacent Justus Lipsius building. The focal point of the new building, the distinctive multi-storey "lantern" shaped structure in ...
The unique architecture of the European Commission's Berlaymont building is utilised in its official emblem. [42] Likewise, the official emblem of the European Council and Council of the European Union features the Europa building's distinctive multi-storey "lantern"-shaped structure where meetings for both of these institutions take place. [43]
The European Commissioner for Trade (sometimes referred to as the EU Trade Commissioner) is the member of the European Commission responsible for the European Union's common commercial policy. Responsibilities
The European Council officially gained the status of an EU institution after the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, distinct from the Council of the European Union (Council of Ministers). Before that, the first summits of EU heads of state or government were held in February and July 1961 (in Paris and Bonn respectively).
The European Parliament (EP) shares the legislative and budgetary authority of the Union with the Council of the European Union (of relevant national government ministers). Its 705 [ 16 ] members are elected every five years by universal suffrage and sit according to political allegiance .
The Lex building is a high-rise of government offices in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is an annex building of the European Council and Council of the European Union (their main building is the Europa building ) and is located at 145, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat .
The Justus Lipsius building, located in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium, was the headquarters of the Council of the European Union from 1995, and the de facto home of the European Council from 2002 (de jure as of 2004), until their relocation to the adjacent newly constructed Europa building at the beginning of 2017.