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The European Commission says it wants to halve the number of buildings it manages in Brussels by 2030, from 50 to 25.
The buildings they intend to stop using are mainly those outside the European quarter. The plan appears to be to concentrate operations on and around Rue de la Loi, and in the area close to Parc du Cinquantenaire while abandoning existing Commission locations at Geneva, Beaulieu and Champ de Mars. The non-EU quarter location at Place Charles Rogier will remain open.
According to reports, the Commission will begin the consolidation of its operations as early as 2021.
The plan will reduce the amount of office space the Commission uses from 780,000 square metres down to 580,000 and, according to the Francophone newspaper l’Echo, will save the Commission between €280 and €440 million.