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A better capital for the EU
Obvious :
- A more attractive European Quarter: Piazza Schuman, Plan urbain Loi,...- A more attractive city centre: car-free streets, squares, etc.- Better train connections (RER to airport, etc.)- Congress & Meetings infrastructure- English as third official language
Less obvious :
- Brussels enlarged ?- Brussels de-ghettoized ?- Open European Schools ?- A more insclusive political community ?- A more inclusive Brussels identity ?
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Brussels ghettoized ?
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Source: Thierry Eggerickx
Brussels de-ghettolized ?
Proportion of EU15 residents 2003(in red the +1 existing European Schools
in mauve the 4th permanent one)
Open European schools
• No more bunker schools
• Development of jointly funded plurilingual Type II primary schools
• The social challenge of trilingualism (Luxembourg, Barcelona, Brussels)
Brussels: linguistic competence by age 2006
Percentage of residents of the various age groups who declare knowing language L wel or very well Source: Database Rudi Janssens, VUB. Graph : Jonathan Van Parys, FUSL.
A more inclusive political community
• Universal suffrage for regional elections• Abolition of double electoral college for the regional
elections• Extinction of “ethnic” parties
A more inclusive Brussels identity
• Zinneke Parade (from 2000)• We exist (December 06)• Etats Généraux de Bruxelles
(Spring 2009)• Brussels Summer School (1-
2/9/2010)• www.aula-magna.eu
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