One of the myriad EU buildings

Belgian chocolate...and fries...and waffles...and beer

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May 12th 2009
Bonjour, The study tour has started, and here is the rundown for the past couple of days. A refresher for those of you who don't know or simply ignored them when I told them, the study tour is a trip to the 4 main EU cities (Brussels, Luxembourg, Strasbourg and Frankfurt Main) with seminars, discussions, lectures and high level meetings with representatives, civil servants, advisors and poli ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more