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Brussels: a lobbying paradise
Full text linkFirst paragraph: In the last 30 years, in the light of a series of new European Union treaties, thousands of lobbyists have flocked to Brussels, drawn by the increasing importance of EU-level decision making. Today on average 30-40 per cent of all national laws and regulations in the 27 EU Member States derive from EU rules and legislation; for environmental issues, it is more than 60 per cent
Coliving, or the financialisation of houses in Brussels
Full text linkLe coliving à Bruxelles consiste en la location, au sein d’un même bâtiment, de chambres accompagnées d’espaces communs et de services, opérée par des sociétés privées. Par sa formule tout-inclus meublée et flexible, cette offre de niche mais en croissance rapide s’adresse particulièrement aux jeunes expatrié·es présent·es à Bruxelles. L’analyse du développement de cette offre immobilière récente montre comment la financiarisation du secteur résidentiel locatif privé s’appuie sur la création de nouveaux produits formatés afin que les investisseurs puissent facilement y injecter leurs capitaux et en tirer des rendements élevés. À Bruxelles, le coliving est établi avant tout dans des maisons unifamiliales des quartiers du sud-est de la première couronne urbaine.De Brusselse colivingsector bestaat uit privébedrijven die in hetzelfde gebouw gemeubileerde kamers verhuren, met inbegrip van gemeenschappelijke ruimten en bepaalde diensten. Door de flexibele “all-in” formule spreekt dit snel groeiende nicheaanbod vooral jonge expats in Brussel aan. Uit de analyse van de ontwikkeling van dit recente vastgoedaanbod blijkt hoezeer de financialisering van de sector van de privéhuurwoningen berust op de creatie van nieuwe ingedeelde producten, zodat investeerders er gemakkelijk hun kapitaal in kunnen steken en er hoge rendementen uit kunnen halen. In Brussel wordt vooral aan coliving gedaan in eengezinswoningen in de zuidoostelijke wijken van de eerste stadskroon.Coliving in Brussels consists in the renting of rooms in a building with shared spaces and services by private companies. With its furnished and flexible “all-inclusive” formula, this niche market is growing rapidly and is aimed especially at young expatriates in Brussels. The analysis of the recent development of this type of housing supply shows how the financialisation of the private residential rental sector is based on the creation of new products designed in order for investors to inject their capital easily and obtain high returns. In Brussels, coliving exists mainly in single-family houses in the south-east neighbourhoods of the inner ring
The competitiveness of Brussels in European Research
No full textWhat is the place of Brussels in the European research geography? Brussels is commonly recognised as the EU capital, but mainly for political-administrative functions. As research is fundamental in a ‘knowledge-based economy’, this paper shows the performance of Brussels in terms of participation in EU R&D projects. Findings show a double role for Brussels: i) Belgian actors perform well in the competition for R&D calls; ii) EU-related actors contribute establishing research networks making Brussels the ‘capital of the European Research Area’. The analysis is based on an innovative database of participations in Framework Programme’s projects from 1999 to 2010
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Towards a Metropolitan City Centre for Brussels
Full text linkBetween 2015 and 2020, the city centre of Brussels witnessed the creation of its first major pedestrian zone, one of the largest urban projects in recent decades. Has the Brussels city centre finally done away with the car hegemony? Can the city centre be extended to become the centre of the Brussels metropolis where everyone can find his or her own place? This book presents scientific background to the issue and brings together in words and images the research carried out over the past four years by the Brussels Centre Observatory
Towards a Metropolitan City Centre for Brussels
Full text linkBetween 2015 and 2020, the city centre of Brussels witnessed the creation of its first major pedestrian zone, one of the largest urban projects in recent decades. Has the Brussels city centre finally done away with the car hegemony? Can the city centre be extended to become the centre of the Brussels metropolis where everyone can find his or her own place? This book presents scientific background to the issue and brings together in words and images the research carried out over the past four years by the Brussels Centre Observatory
Towards a Metropolitan City Centre for Brussels
No full textBetween 2015 and 2020, the city centre of Brussels witnessed the creation of its first major pedestrian zone, one of the largest urban projects in recent decades. Has the Brussels city centre finally done away with the car hegemony? Can the city centre be extended to become the centre of the Brussels metropolis where everyone can find his or her own place? This book presents scientific background to the issue and brings together in words and images the research carried out over the past four years by the Brussels Centre Observatory
The integration of new immigrants in Brussels: an institutional and political puzzle
Full text linkIn Belgium, the Brussels-Capital Region constitutes the main gateway for international migration. Like everywhere in Europe, the challenge of immigration and in particular what happens afterwards, namely the integration of new immigrants in the host society, is particularly palpable in Brussels. Within the Belgian federal state, the federated entities have implemented different integration policies. Recently, these policies have experienced major upheavals, especially in Brussels where the result raises questions. Different (and possibly competing) institutions are competent, and today there are two civic integration programmes in the same territory: one from the Dutch-speaking community and the other from the French-speaking community. The aim of this article is to examine these policies by placing them in the particularly complex institutional context of Brussels. This involves studying and understanding the institutional labyrinth in which these policies exist, as well as describing them in order to compare them. This institutional puzzle has consequences for the stakeholders, i.e. the authorities and the migrants themselves
The institutions of Brussels
Full text linkObservations The present statute of Brussels is not the result of a conscious choice and seems more akin to the statute of Belgium in general, as no one wanted it to be this way. No one has ever striven for this Brussels as a desirable solution. The institutions of Belgium and Brussels are built on the linguistic frontier established in 1963 (with discussion about the question of whether this frontier can still change), on a territorial agreement concerning language use (excluding the languag..
Health and quality of life in Brussels
Full text linkObservations Overall poorer health of Brussels’ younger generations The proportion of the Brussels-Capital Region’s population that does not consider itself to be in good health is higher than the national mean. The percentages for the various regions are 29.7% in Wallonia, 27.6% in the Brussels Region, and 22.2% in Flanders. If we take account of the population’s age structure, the situations in Wallonia and Brussels are even worse than the raw figures show. Despite the Brussels population’..
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