Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

EU set to open new '320m' HQ as governments tighten belts

EU set to open new '320m' HQ as governments tighten belts
Copyright 
By Euronews
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

The EU district of Brussels is, like the weather, grey and dreary.

ADVERTISEMENT

The EU district of Brussels is, like the weather, grey and dreary.

So what better to spruce it up than a colourful new building?

Except this new meeting place for EU leaders comes at a price; a whopping 320 million euros.

Commissioned in 2004, it’s been dubbed the Space Egg, owing to its bizarre shape.

Europa (Space Egg) BuildingIt’s here where from next year leaders will discuss the big issues such as the refugee crisis, Syria and youth unemployment.

EU officials argue this building is needed because the current one simply cannot cope with the number of officials present at the bloc’s summits.

But it comes at time when cash-strapped EU member states slashing spending and Brussels is supposed to be cutting waste.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Belgium arrests suspect with Molotov cocktail outside Israeli embassy, Israeli Foreign Ministry says

Trump threatens retaliation after EU hits Google with antitrust fine

Cheese diplomacy: How the French foreign ministry is fighting to raise its profile