Plans unveiled for EU museum

Ambitious plans were unveiled yesterday for an EU museum, which will open in 2006 in Brussels.

The museum - next to the old Gare du Luxembourg in Brussels - will cover an impressive 6000 square metres and will cost 22.5 million euro - to be financed by the Belgian government, the private sector and the EU.

Visitor projections are also impressive. Studies have shown that the museum can expect 300,000 visitors per year after five years in operation and 450,000 per year after 10 ye...