The Brussels authorities are among the first to applaud the restoration/renovation project from which the city-region will benefit, starting with Rudi Vervoort, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region: ” the Cinquantenaire is a symbolic gateway to our City-Region. It’s a park, it’s a heritage jewel, it’s a space for leisure and sport. It is often crossed and seen in the distance but too little invested. This is the ambition that we have: reinvest the places! “

” A true showcase of federal collections and Belgian heritage, a green setting in the heart of the capital and gateway to the European quarter, the Cinquantenaire site is unquestionably one of the best emblems of our Region. Together, Federal and Brussels Region, let’s join forces today to project this site into the future, enhance its exceptional past and pass on its heritage to future generations. Of quoi radiate yesthe internationally and en make one of the most beautiful business cards of our Region “ s‘enthouisems it Secretary of State Brussels Pascal Smet.

Un lyricism shareaged by the mayor of Brussels-city Philippe Close : “C’It is with great pleasure that we welcome this magnificent project, the Cinquantenaire 2030, to the heart of the European district. What more might you dream of for this bicentenary of Belgium than more encounters between the people of Brussels, their institutions, culture and science!”

A drive that forget political divisionsS. Passionate regardingme le MR, in the’opposition to the city as well as to the region, herint to praise by voice of deputy–mayor of‘Etterbeek Vincent DeWolf: “Our town shines thanks to the presence of the 50th anniversary and we work every day to ensure its safety and perpetuate its appeal. With the prospect of the country’s bicentenary, the project that is taking shape is not lacking in ambition and we support it. For For this project to be a reality in 2030, we must fully involve the inhabitants who surround the Cinquantenaire, which will allow us to further enrich the concept.”

To know what the local residents think, it will probably be necessary to wait a bit for the master plan to be more concrete. But there is a virtual certainty: no one will regret the stretch of urban motorway that disfigured the heart of the park.