Written question – Berlaymont – E-004120/2025

Question for written answer  E-004120/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Fabio De Masi (NI)

News outlet Euractiv has reported the following on the limited access to the 13rd floor of the Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels: ‘Access to the 13th floor of the Berlaymont, where Ursula von der Leyen lives and her close circle works, will be severely limited from now on – even for Commissioners and senior officials – according to an internal memo seen by Euractiv. The top brass must now access their “conviviality salons” via the “purple elevators”, whatever that means […]’[1]

• 1.Is Euractiv’s reporting on the limited access to Ursula von der Leyen by Commissioners and senior officials correct?
• 2.What lies behind this decision?
• 3.What purpose do the Berlaymont’s ‘purple elevators’ serve in this context?

Submitted: 20.10.2025

• [1] https://www.euractiv.com/news/rapporteur-berlaymont-on-lockdown/