Brussels was apparently almost as good as Paris until the postwar city planners wrecked it.

布鲁塞尔据说曾经和巴黎几乎一样美好，但战后城市规划师把她毁了。

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In Brussels, after a speech in the city hall to a group of young Europeans, I received a special gift.

在布鲁塞尔，我在市政厅向一群年轻的欧洲人发表了演讲，之后，我收到了一份特殊的礼物。

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All 27 member states need to agree to the proposal, which will face some stiff opposition, not least from Britain; City regulators have already balked at handing over powers to Brussels.

所有27个成员国需要就此项提议达成一致，而此举定会遭到部分国家，尤其是英国强烈的反对。而城市监管机构在移交权力给布鲁塞尔问题上逡巡不前。

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Brussels, historically a Dutch-speaking city, is officially bilingual (admittedly with a French-speaking majority now) but is also the capital of Dutch-speaking Flanders in addition to being the Belgian capital.

ECONOMIST: Spreading democracy?

Now that power is seeping away from Rome to Brussels, many Venetians would rather live in an independent city-state.

ECONOMIST: Good fences