On 27 November 1957, the Luxembourg socialist daily newspaper Tageblatt reviews the debates over the seat of the European institutions and emphasises the many advantages offered by Luxembourg City as opposed to Strasbourg or Brussels.

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.

On 7 March 1958, the Luxembourg City Council unanimously adopts a resolution on Luxembourg’s application to become the official seat of the European institutions.

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.