In a pre-1900 scenario where the Netherlands regains Flanders, what if Strasbourg was made the capital of the EU with Alsace-Lorraine (or some other area) possibly becoming some of special region or EU enclave?
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I do not see Alsace-Lorraine being made a special region, not with the historical sensitivities associated with it.
That said, if there was a European Union based on a Franco-German bargain, then Alsace and Strasbourg would be an obvious place to put European institutions. Luxembourg, too.
If the capital is going to be centrally located in the EU as a whole, Vienna and Prague are great options.
By EU I meant the current membership, I guess you mean the initial coal and steel community of OTL. That could work out like Washington, DC, a capital that was centrally located when the country first formed, before later territorial expansion. In the United States in the 1890s, some activists wanted to move the US capital to St Louis and accommodate for the country's growth.Presuming a capital would be decided initially after the formation of the EU you would note that Vienna and Prague are neither members or the centre.