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The buildings, containing several shops and banks, are largely open to the public and receive 15,000 people a day. [31] The old station building houses the Belgian public information office on the European Parliament, and "infodoc", a specialised literary resource on the Parliament for academics and journalists.
The Belgian Building, also known as the Belgian Friendship Building and Belgian Pavilion, is a historic building complex located in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It was originally constructed as the exhibition hall for the nation of Belgium at the 1939 New York World's Fair in New York City. One of the few buildings constructed for the ...
Parliament Building [2] 1923 Ethiopia: Ethiopian Parliament Building: 1930s A new Parliament Building is planned. Ghana: Parliament House of Ghana: 1965 Guinea: Palais du Peuple: 1970 Guinea-Bissau: Palácio Colinas de Boé: Ivory Coast: Parliament Building: Kenya: Parliament Buildings: 1950s Lesotho: Parliament Building: Liberia: Liberian ...
The Palace of the Nation (Dutch: Paleis der Natie; [a] French: Palais de la Nation; [b] German: Palast der Nation [c]) is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium, housing the Belgian Federal Parliament. The Parliament consists of both the Chamber of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house), which convene in two separate ...
The Berlaymont building (European Commission), Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 200. The street starts as a continuation of the Rue des Colonies / Koloniënstraat at the crossroads with the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat. Immediately to the south is Parc/Park metro station and Brussels Park. To the north is the Belgian Parliament building, the Palace of the ...
The Parlamentarium, is the European Parliament's visitor centre, located in the Espace Léopold complex in Brussels, Belgium. [1] It was officially opened on 14 October 2011 by the former President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, and hosts a permanent exhibition that features numerous multimedia components that explain the workings of the European Parliament and other European Union ...
Brussels lies in the north-central part of Belgium, about 110 km (68 mi) from the Belgian coast and about 180 km (110 mi) from Belgium's southern tip. It is located in the heartland of the Brabantian Plateau, about 45 km (28 mi) south of Antwerp ( Flanders ), and 50 km (31 mi) north of Charleroi ( Wallonia ).
The work of Parliament is divided between Brussels, Luxembourg City and Strasbourg, which is seen as a problem due to the large number of MEPs, staff, and documents which need to be moved. [3] As the locations of the major seats have been enshrined in the treaties of the European Union, Parliament has no right to decide its own seat. [4]