A circus tent for "The Union"

A circus tent designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has just opened to the public on Rond-Point Schuman - at the very heart of Brussels' European district to display multimedia images charting the history - and future - of Europe and the EU in an exhibition entitled "the images of Europe".

A part of the exhibition is dedicated to the EU's future: from highly ambitious projects to downright impossible events in the next ten to 15 years.

In 2010, according to the exhibition, the EU will expand to include Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and the Ukraine.
In 2015, the EU will take in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Jordan, Israel, Palestine and change its name from the European Union to simply "The Union".

The exhibition also sees the Common Agricultural Policy being phased out in 2012 after a massive "scrap the CAP" campaign by citizens. Also in this vision of the future, the EU will adopt Chinese as its official language in 2012 (hope you read this Russel!)

Possibly the most unlikely event in this fantasy is that the EU will overtake the US in competitiveness by 2010.

From EuObserver, via Archinect.
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