In Brussels, a failed greening project at the heart of European power

A greening project designed to create a green canopy above the Robert-Schuman roundabout in Brussels, around which the institutions of the European Union are arranged, ultimately failed to materialize.

The failure of this symbolic project comes at a time when the European Commission is seeking to play a major role in helping the twenty-seven member states adapt to climate change, making this setback all the more visible on the political stage.

The European quarter in Brussels, which concentrates the main EU institutions, had been identified as an emblematic location to showcase the Union's climate ambitions through green urban developments.

The lack of concrete results on this project is perceived by some observers as a symbol of the gap between the climate ambitions publicly displayed by the European Union and their actual implementation, including in the very heart of its institutional district.

The precise reasons for the project's failure, whether budgetary, technical, or administrative, were not detailed immediately.