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The building has housed the European Commission since its construction, and has become a symbol of the European presence in Brussels and a metonym for the EU's executive power. The Commission itself is spread over some 60-odd buildings, but the Berlaymont is the Commission's headquarters, being the seat of the President of the European ...
The Representation serves as a link between the Belgian Government, and the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. It informs the public and the media about the policies of the Commission and promotes permanent political dialogue with the national, regional and local authorities, parliaments, social partners, stakeholders, academia and civil society.
The building has 3 wings and 15 floors. It is located at 170, rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, in the City of Brussels, one of the 19 municipalities forming the Brussels-Capital Region. The postal code for the municipality is 1000, but the postal code for the European Commission is 1049.
The seat of the European Commission, the symbolic Berlaymont building, was in dire need of renovation due to the discovery of asbestos in its construction. A new building was rapidly needed to house the President and his college of Commissioners, as the issue of the location of European Union institutions was being discussed and any delays could lead to the Commission withdrawing from the city.
The SG is based in the Berlaymont in Brussels . The SG supports the whole of the Commission, and in particular the 27 Commissioners. The head of the SG is the Secretary-General of the European Commission. The SG, under the remit of the President, has a high degree of importance in the Commission. It organises meetings, controls the agenda and ...
Over the years, Brussels has become the EU's political hub, with the College of the Commissioners – the European Commission's politically accountable executive – and the European Council both meeting at their Brussels-based headquarters, and the European Parliament and Council of the EU holding the majority of their meetings annually within ...
The Robert Schuman Roundabout is in the centre of Brussels' European Quarter.The major buildings next to it are the Berlaymont building (headquarters of the European Commission), the Justus Lipsius building (used to hold low-level meetings of the Council of the European Union and provide office space to the Council's Secretariat) and numerous other EU offices.
It is located in Brussels, Belgium. [1] Its main responsibility is to encourage the development of Economic and Monetary Union both inside and outside the European Union , by advancing economic policy coordination, conducting economic surveillance and providing policy assessment and advice.