EU circus rolls into town

For weeks, a brightly coloured circus top has stood on Rond-Point Schuman - at the very heart of Brussels' European district - prompting several jokes about the EU and its similiarity to a circus.

But today, the tent opened to the public and revealed an impressive array of multimedia images charting the history - and future - of Europe and the EU in an exhibition entitled "the images of Europe", jointly sponsored by the European Commission and the Dutch Presidency.

The exhibitio...