Published: August 8th, 2023,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

Every few weeks, the entrance hall of the Justus Lipsius building in Brussels becomes a newsroom: Hundreds of journalists bend over their laptops while their colleagues from the TV stations broadcast live from the stands. Notes on the specially lined-up tables reveal the origin: Asahi Shimbun from Japan is represented by two reporters. Al Jazeera is always there, as are Chinese agencies and broadcasters. In the course of a summit night, reporters repeatedly set up cameras on tripods. Correspondents from all over the world make announcements in languages that are not among the official languages of the EU.