Cercle de Lorraine

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The Cercle de Lorraine or Club van Lotharingen is a Belgian business club, located in Brussels, Belgium. The club was founded in 1998, and it wants to bring together, distinguished and representative personalities from the Belgian financial community, French speaking (Wallonia, south part of Belgium) as well as Dutch speaking (Flanders, north part of Belgium), who are united within an honorary committee.

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