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=== Foreign relations === {{Main|Foreign relations of Luxembourg}} [[File:EU Court of Justice overview.jpg|thumb|The [[Court of Justice of the European Union]], seated in [[Luxembourg City]]]] Luxembourg has long been a prominent supporter of European political and [[economic integration]]. In 1921, Luxembourg and Belgium formed the [[Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union]] (BLEU) to create a regime of inter-exchangeable currency and a common [[Customs (tax)|customs]].<ref name=":0" /> Luxembourg is a member of the [[Benelux Economic Union]] and was one of the founding members of the European Economic Community (now the European Union). It also participates in the [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen Group]] (named after [[Schengen, Luxembourg|the Luxembourg village of Schengen]] where the agreements were signed).<ref name=":1" /> At the same time, the majority of Luxembourgers have consistently believed that European unity makes sense only in the context of a dynamic transatlantic relationship, and thus have traditionally pursued a pro-[[NATO]], pro-US foreign policy.<ref>{{Citation |chapter=Interdependence, States and Community: Ethical Concerns and Foreign Policy in ASEAN |date=23 March 2016 |title=The Ethics of Foreign Policy |pages=151–164 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781315616179-19 |isbn=978-1-315-61617-9}}{{clarify|reason="doi= value" does not match "chapter= title"; which is the 'one' source that is actually being cited?|date=January 2024}}</ref> Luxembourg is considered a European capital, and is the site of the [[Court of Justice of the European Union]], the [[European Court of Auditors]], the [[European Investment Bank]], the Statistical Office of the European Union ([[Eurostat]]) and other vital EU organs. The [[Secretariat of the European Parliament]] is located in Luxembourg, but the Parliament usually meets in [[Brussels]] and sometimes in [[Strasbourg]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The European institutions in Luxembourg|url=http://luxembourg.public.lu/en/society-and-culture/international-openness/eu-institutions.html|access-date=12 December 2020|website=luxembourg.public.lu|language=en|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119173856/https://luxembourg.public.lu/en/society-and-culture/international-openness/eu-institutions.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Luxembourg is also site of the [[EFTA Court]], which is responsible for the three [[EFTA]] members who are part of the European Single Market through the [[EEA Agreement]].<ref>[https://eftacourt.int/the-court EFTA Court homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203145232/https://eftacourt.int/the-court |date=3 February 2023 }}, Retrieved 3 February 2023.</ref>
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