MEPs’ red light from ‘greens’

Date: 20/02/1997

The European Parliament's fight to be allowed to have 2,300 parking spaces in the bowels of the Espace Leopold buildings has received another set-back. According to environmental impact studies, such a concession could mean it would take up to two and half hours to leave the place every evening.

“These people act as if they are working on the moon, not in the centre of an already congested city. Rue Belliard simply cannot cope with that level of increased traffic,” said one campaigner fighting to save the Quartier Leopold.

Perhaps the pressure would be eased if Parliament staff did not evacuate the building so purposefully at precisely the same time every night.