On 20 June 1992, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir considers the measures adopted the previous day in Petersberg by the Foreign and Defence Ministers of the Member States of Western European Union (WEU). The article emphasises the operational role assigned to the organisation which, as the military arm of the European Union and European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance, is now responsible for leading crisis-management and peacekeeping missions.

On 15 February 1984, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir analyses the content of Altiero Spinelli’s Draft Treaty establishing the European Union, adopted the day before in Strasbourg by the European Parliament.

On 10 January 1981, in an article published in the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, Jean Rey, former President of the European Commission, speculates on the operation of the Community institutions and the real or perceived limits of their political authority over the Member States of the European Communities.

On 26 June 1985, the eve of the meeting of the Council of Heads of State or Government of the European Community in Milan, the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir outlines the issues faced by the Summit with particular emphasis on the United Kingdom’s position with regard to a European Union.

On 20 November 1976, in an article published by the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, the Social Christian MP, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, welcomes the creation, four months earlier, of the European Christian-Democrat Party in preparation for the first direct elections to the European Parliament, initially planned for 1978.

On 19 May 1979, in an article published by the daily newspaper Le Soir, the Belgian Socialist MP, Hervé Brouhon, welcomes the forthcoming first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, emphasising the importance of these elections for his party.

The Committee of the Regions occupied the same building as the Economic and Social Committee in Rue Ravenstein, Brussels, until 1996, when it moved to 79 Rue Belliard. In July 2000, the Committee of the Regions moved to 92–102 Rue Montoyer. Since June 2004, its headquarters is at 101 Rue Belliard.

Article from the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir demonstrating that, alongside the ‘core business’ of the European Investment Bank (EIB) consisting of loans for the financing of capital projects in line with the European Union’s priorities, the EIB carries out a ‘secondary business’ by ‘being a shareholder’. The EIB is developing this activity through the European Investment Fund (EIF), its specialised subsidiary for venture capital. By acquiring holdings in companies, the EIF lends its financial support to both small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and companies setting up infrastructure networks.

Published on 22 November 1980 in the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, this article on the geographic dispersal of the European institutions looks back to 1951 to find the reasons for the situation and to trace its development.