On 14 December 1957, L’Écho de l’Industrie, the official publication of the Federation of Luxembourg Industrialists (Fedil), speculates on the question of the seat of the institutions of the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom, drawing attention to the advantages offered by the City of Luxembourg.

On 27 November 1957, the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort publishes an article by Nicolas Margue, a former minister and Luxembourg representative in the Strasbourg assemblies, reflecting on the designation of the future headquarters of the institutions of the European Economic Community (EEC) and Euratom.

The Jean Monnet Building in Kirchberg, Luxembourg, houses some of the European Commission’s departments.

The ‘Palais’ of the Court of Justice, completed in 1972, was the first European institution building to be built on the Kirchberg plateau in Luxembourg.

Am 7. März 1958 verabschiedet der Rat der Stadt Luxemburg einstimmig einen Beschluss über seine öffentliche Bewerbung um den Sitz der europäischen Organe.

Document submitted by Luxembourg City Council to the European Committee of Experts on Urban Planning, on the occasion of their visit to Luxembourg on 19 and 20 March 1958.