The Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2005
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National and European Political Institutions
The Chamber of Deputies, the Luxembourg Parliament, comprising 60 members of Parliament
The Luxembourg government
Hôtel Saint Maximin, seat of the minister for Foreign Affairs. Built in 1751 as a refuge for monks from the St. Maximin Abbey in Trier
Hôtel de Bourgogne, Presidency of the government, seat of the Prime minister
The Palace of the Grand Duke and the Luxembourg Parliament are two adjoining buildings at the centre of Luxembourg-city
The Palace of the Grand Duke
Schengen: it was in this Luxembourg village that in 1985 the Member States of the European Union signed the "Schengen Accords" opening national frontiers within the EU. In 2005 the “Schengen Agreements” celebrate twenty years
The former hemicycle of the European Parliament is today a European conference centre
The castle of Senningen, venue for foreign high representatives
Next to the Alcide de Gasperi building, ancestor of the EU buildings in Luxembourg, rise two towers, 70 m in height, the so-called "gate to Europe" in the centre of Luxembourg-city towards the European area of Kirchberg
Coat of arms of the Luxembourg state, represented on the entrance gate of the ministry of Foreign affaires
The Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, location of a limited number of meetings during the Luxembourg Presidency
The conference centre Kiem, including the EU Council meeting locations, which are traditionally held during April, June and October in Luxembourg, and comprising the locations for ministerial meetings during the Luxembourg Presidency
Last update of this page on : 30-12-2004