Belgium prepares to buy buildings from the EU

The Belgian government has made an offer of 1,000 million euros to buy the structures that the European Union (EU) plans to evict in Brussels.

According to local press reports, the EU Commission plans to sell 23 buildings with an office area of ​​350 thousand square meters in the EU region of Brussels. In ongoing negotiations on the sale of the buildings, Belgium offered €1 billion to the EU Commission.

Should the buildings be purchased, projects including new commercial areas and housing projects will be developed in Brussels. Remote work has become a common practice in the EU institutions, especially with the Covid-19 outbreak.

The EU Commission has announced that it will abandon half of its offices in Brussels in 2021 as part of its plans to increase the rate of teleworking and move to more environmentally friendly structures. In particular, the Commission plans to abandon its old buildings and move some of its offices to the north of Brussels.

The commission will continue to use its headquarters, Berlaymont. (AA)