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====WCG and EU==== | ====WCG and EU==== | ||
The WCG looks like an extrapolation of the European Union entity at global scale. | The WCG looks like an extrapolation of the European Union entity at global scale. | ||
While its | While its outposts all around the world could be hosted in more or less regular diplomatic buildings and business centers, it's interesting to consider today's analogies in the "Old World", i.e.: | ||
*[http://www.eupedia.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/564 The EU quarter] in Brussels | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20130403205611/http://www.eupedia.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/564 The EU quarter] in Brussels | ||
*[http://www.travelphotobase.com/s/FSTE.HTM European Parliament & Courts] in Strasbourg | *[http://www.travelphotobase.com/s/FSTE.HTM European Parliament & Courts] in Strasbourg | ||
Personally, I like Strasbourg a lot better (been there, and actually spent a whole day at the old [https://web.archive.org/web/20080225151726/http://multimedia.coe.int/coe/niveau3.pgi?TY=BG&ID=6&CH=404 Palais de l'Europe], which was hosting the | Personally, I like Strasbourg a lot better (been there, and actually spent a whole day at the old [https://web.archive.org/web/20080225151726/http://multimedia.coe.int/coe/niveau3.pgi?TY=BG&ID=6&CH=404 Palais de l'Europe], which was hosting the plenary sessions of the European Parliament at the time). [[User:Geyser|geyser]] | ||
====Futuristic architecture==== | ====Futuristic architecture==== | ||