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Yes, the appointed capital of The EU

• toyg 9y ago
  What? The most central EU institutions are based in Bruxelles, Belgium. The EU Parliament also spends half the time in Strasbourg, France. Only the Court of Justice is in Luxembourg. There is no "appointed capital". Bruxelles is the closest thing in practical terms, but the location of the institutions it hosts was an early choice that has since been slowly rejected. All new EU authorities are "dispersed" elsewhere, and there is talk of moving the Parliament to Strasbourg full-time, now that it's pretty clear that the French are nowhere as dominant in European institutions as originally feared.
  • easytiger 9y ago
    capital being slang for "institutional seat"
    • toyg 9y ago
      You seem to be confused. One could argue that Bruxelles is such “capital”, but definitely not Luxembourg. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_seats_of_the_European_Union https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_seats_of_the_E...
      • easytiger 9y ago
        capital being slang for "institutional seat" From your own link: > The seven institutions of the European Union (EU) are seated in four different cities, viz. Brussels, Frankfurt, Luxembourg and Strasbourg, rather than being concentrated in a single capital city.
        • toyg 9y ago
          Yeah, FOUR different cities "rather than being concentrated". So no, Luxembourg is not "the" capital city of the EU, it's one among a number of institutional seats (a number that is expanding, btw; anything that is not set in treaties is being pushed elsewhere).