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Location: European Parliament Parc Léopold
Information board on the Wall behind the European Parliament, Brussels
© Jens Schöne
In 2001, considerations were being made in Berlin to display a segment of the Berlin Wall in Belgium. A section of the Wall had already been given to the European capital as a symbolic gesture from Berlin, but it remained in Germany. Only after a suitable site was found was it loaded onto a transporter on Potsdamer Platz and taken to Belgium.
The segment was presented to the public in Parc Léopold, Brussels, not far from the European Parliament on 22nd April 2004. It was presented to Michaele Schreyer (commissioner for the European Commission and former Senate of Berlin representative) on behalf of the German capital by André Schmitz (Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs). Michaele Schreyer had taken part in the memorable West Berlin senate assembly in “Rathaus Schöneberg” (Schöneberg City Hall) on 10th November 1989. Representing Belgium at the ceremony were Jacques Simonet (Minister-President of the Brussels Capital-Region) and Jos Chabert.
The section of the Berlin Wall is visible from the European Parliament as well as from the Committee of Regions building. Delegates from over 300 local authorities and communities from all over Europe meet there to discuss European politics.
In view of the then forthcoming 2004 enlargement of the European Union, it should be made clear that the division of Europe was resolved. The segment was put up behind a fence and can only be only be viewed from outside. A small plaque commemorates the division of Germany and Europe in the three official languages of Belgium: German, French and Dutch.
The Wall behind the European Parliament, Brussels
© Jens Schöne
Berliner Mauer
Originalteil vom Potsdamer Platz. Von 1961 bis 1989 Symbol der Teilung Berlins, Deutschlands und Europes. Mit ihrem Fall am 9.11.1989 wurde die Vereinigung Ost- und WestEuropes in der Europäischen Union am 1. Mai 2004 möglich.
Mur de Berlin
Pièce originale de la Potsdamer Platz. De 1961 á 1989, symbole de la division de Berlin, de l’Allemagne et de l’Europe. La chute du mur, le 9.11.1989, a rendu possible l’unification de l’Europe orientale et occidentale au sein de l’Union Européenne le 1er mai 2004
De Berlijnse Muur
Origineel deel van de Potsdamer Platz. Van 1961 tor 1989 was de muur het symbool van de scheiding van Berlin, Duitsland en Europe. Met de val van de muur op 9.11.1989 werd de hereniging van Oost- en West-Europe in de schoot van de Europese Unie op 1 mei 2004 mogelijk.
The Berlin Wall
Original segment from Potsdamer Platz. From 1961-1989 symbol of the division of Berlin, Germany and Europe. With its fall on 9.11.1989, the unification East and West Europe in the European Union on 1st May 2004 was made possible.
