In the European Union, democracy may seem obvious to us today. But this has not always been the case. Not so long ago, millions of Europeans lived through times when they could not vote or even speak up freely. When their very lives could be in danger simply for being different, for holding different beliefs or for wanting a different life. Democracy is a precious gift passed on to us from previous generations. They aspired towards it and fought for it. Now it is up to us to maintain it, to make it stronger and pass it on to the generations to come. The most effective way to do so is by voting - because the more people vote, the stronger democracy becomes. On June 6-9 2024: Use your vote or others will decide for you.

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Use your vote – European elections 2024 video – Radio spot - Dutch (Belgium)

Use your vote – European elections 2024 video – Radio spot - French (Belgium)

Belgium is a founding member of the European Union

Belgium is member of the Schengen area since 26 March 1995 and of the Eurozone since 1 January 1999.

The country's capital, Brussels, is together with Luxembourg City and Strasbourg, one of the three official seats of the European institutions. Belgium is a constitutional monarchy in which the King is head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the government.

EU - Belgium

Belgian MEPs official portraits - 10th Parliamentary term.

Press point by Johan VAN OVERVELDT (ECR, Belgium), Chair of BUDG, and Niclas HERBST (EPP, Germany), Chair of CONT, following the confirmation hearing of Piotr SERAFIN, Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration

EU Elections 2024 – Election Night

Updated EP aggregation (hemicycle projection) based on 25 provisional results and 2 national estimates
Additional updated provisional results from Austrian, Belgium, France, Italy

Resilienz kritischer Einrichtungen (Aussprache)

Ausgewogene Vertretung von Frauen und Männern unter den nicht geschäftsführenden Direktoren börsennotierter Gesellschaften (Aussprache)

Ausgewogene Vertretung von Frauen und Männern unter den nicht geschäftsführenden Direktoren börsennotierter Gesellschaften

Zeremonie anlässlich des 70-jährigen Bestehens des Europäischen Parlaments

Abstimmungsstunde

Haushaltsverfahren 2023 – gemeinsamer Entwurf (Aussprache)

Eigenmittelsystem der Europäischen Union (Aussprache)

Zusammensetzung der Ausschüsse und Delegationen

Genehmigung des Protokolls der vorangegangenen Sitzung

Fragestunde mit Anfragen an die Kommission – Künftige legislative Reform des Rahmens für die wirtschaftspolitische Steuerung in Zeiten der sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Krise

Delegierte Rechtsakte (Artikel 111 Absatz 6 GO)(Weiterbehandlung)

Fragestunde (VP/HV) – Auswirkungen des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine auf Drittländer in Bezug auf das Abkommen im Rahmen der „Schwarzmeer-Getreide-Initiative“

Beziehungen zwischen der EU und China (Aussprache)

Reaktion der EU auf die zunehmende Unterdrückung von Protesten im Iran (Aussprache)

Förderung von regionaler Stabilität und Sicherheit in den Ländern des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens (Aussprache)

Neue Strategie der EU für die Erweiterung (Aussprache)

Lage in Libyen (Aussprache)

Erklärungen zur Abstimmung

Tagesordnung der nächsten Sitzung

Genehmigung des Protokolls der laufenden Sitzung

Schluss der Sitzung

Plenary session

Schließung der Plenarversammlung der Konferenz

Conference on the Future of Europe - Plenary

Die EU in der Welt

Conference on the Future of Europe - Plenary - EU in the World

European elections 2024 - Ambiance shots of polling stations in Belgium

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Zaventem (Belgium) - Meeting with young people

Illuminations: One month to go across the EU

Immigration and asylum - Brussels.

One year anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine - Raising of the Ukrainian flags outside the EP building in Brussels

Cows, bulls, calves, sheeps, products -meat and pastas- and general views in a farm surrounded by windmills in Villers-le-Bouillet, near Liege, Belgium

Arrival and offloading of imported steel in Europe - Port of Gent ( Belgium ) - Arcelor Mittal

REGI mission to the Flood-affected areas in Belgium - Press point - Verviers.

The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) takes place every 17th May. IDAHOBIT commemorates the decision taken in 1990 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove homosexuality from its International Classification of Diseases. This infoclip illustrates the importance to still fight for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ people across Europe and around the world. It stages different same-sex couples in their daily-life routines, a protest to defend the LGBTQIA+ community in Hungary and a famous queer bar in Ireland.

Infoclip: Safeguarding LGBTQIA+ rights

This infoclip shows illustrative footage on water resilience. Announced by the Commission for the second quarter of 2025, the European Water Resilience Strategy aims to address, inter alia, growing water scarcity by improving water management practices, increasing water efficiency and promoting sustainable water use.The European Parliament has taken several initiatives calling for sustainable water policy as strategic priority. Following the public hearing "The way to a European Water Resilience Strategy - an EU Blue Deal" organised in January 2025, ENVI has prepared a report ahead of the upcoming Commission's Strategy. The report aims to deliver a basis for a comprehensive strategy, including binding legislation, and addresses water resilience through six key pillars: water efficiency, pollution mitigation, climate adaptation, funding, digitalisation and innovation, and cross-border cooperation.

Infoclip: Water resilience

The infoclip features the Antwerp’s commercial harbour, showing container barges transporting cars and other goods into containers. It also highlights tugboat maneuvers ships through the busy port. Aerial drone shots provide general overviews of the harbour’s scale and activity. From street-level views captured from a car, we see the trucks transporting goods into the port. The footage also highlights modern wind turbines. Shipping remains one of the most important means of trade for the Member States of the EU. Nowadays, ships carry more than half the value of goods imports to the EU and over 40 percent of goods exports from the EU. In 2021, about 1.1 trillion euros worth of goods were imported to the EU, and about 956 billion euros worth of cargo exported from the EU by sea.

Infoclip: Maritime trade

This infoclip illustrates borders in Schengen area, in Czechia, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Romania with cars, trucks,bus, bicycles, tramways, train, pedestrians, motorbikes, tractors crossing borders, with or without frontier post or police borders control.

Infoclip: Schengen area

Roberta Metsola, EP President, participates to the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. This news item shows extracts from the ceremony in Bastogne (Belgium) in the presence of city mayors, the PHILIPPE, King of Belgium, and Henri GROßHERZOG, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and the Belgian and Luxemburgish prime ministers.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge: extracts from the ceremony in Bastogne (Belgium)

This infoclip shows in the first sequence footage of collection of unsold food (which otherwise would have been wasted) from a market, and in the second sequence collection of second hand clothes and its upcycling. With a Waste Framework Directive MEPs propose higher binding waste reduction targets to be met at national level by 31 December 2030 - at least 20% in food processing and manufacturing (instead of 10% proposed by the Commission) and 40% per capita in retail, restaurants, food services and households (instead of 30%). Parliament also wants the Commission to evaluate if higher targets for 2035 (at least 30% and 50% respectively) should be introduced, and if so, asks them to come up with a legislative proposal. MEPs agree to extend producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, through which producers that sell textiles in the EU would have to cover the costs for collecting, sorting and recycling them separately.

Infoclip: Texile and food waste

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her doorstep statement ahead of the informal European Council. She shares her views on the outcome of the European elections and upcoming nomination of the next president of the European Commission. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check agaisnt delivery.

Doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the informal European Council

This news item shows the arrivals and doorsteps of EU heads of state and government before the informal European Council meeting of 17 June 2024. The EU leaders discuss on the result of the European Elections and on the nomination for the next legislative terms presidencies of the European Commission, European Council and High Representative/EU Commission vice-president.

EPP leaders meet ahead of the informal European Council meeting (17/06): arrivals and doorsteps

Arrivals and roundtable of the Conference of Presidents (CoP) following the European Elections 2024. This news item shows the leaders of political groups gathering for their first exchange of views on the outcome of the European Elections.

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