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Knockin’ on Haren’s Door: My expat election journey
"There’s nothing like actual, old-school, face-to-face interactions with hundreds of your fellow denizens to remind yourself that the vast majority of people are polite and civil, even when they don’t agree with your programme."
EU Tracker
- 14 October - Green ministers meet
Environment ministers are set to meet for a council summit.
- 17 October - Full Council summit
EU leaders will gather in Brussels for a EUCO summit.
- 20 October - Moldovans vote on EU future
Moldova will hold an EU membership referendum.
- 5 November - US vote
US voters will decide who should be their next president.
- 11 November - COP29
Azerbaijan’s capital city, Baku, will host the 29th edition of the COP climate summit, due to take place between 11 and 22 November.
- 31 December - From Budapest to Warsaw
Hungary will hand over the reins of the rotating EU presidency to Poland.
"In the 1970s, Uccle was much cleaner than today. Why? Because we have a lack of civility."
“In Brussels, our signature is first a strict and careful governance, namely in finance.”
For Brussels, Dirk De Block does not believe "in a slick middle-class city" but one for everyone.
“Places like Uccle are more bourgeois neighbourhoods. In France, low-income families live outside the city. Here, they live inside.”
Presiding over the leafy, well-to-do suburb is probably not the worst gig in Brussels.
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"What makes people love Ixelles?" says its smiling mayor, Christos Doulkeridis. "It's when you know your baker, your grocer and your neig...
“My guiding vision is to make sure that Brussels thrives. When I started out, TripAdvisor ranked Brussels one of the most boring cities...