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

Roberta METSOLA, EP President attends to the King of the Belgians' New Year's reception

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Eliane TILLIEUX, President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives and Stephanie D'HOSE, Belgian Speaker

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Rudi VERVOORT, Minister-President of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region and Pascal SMET, Secretary of State for the Brussels-Capital Region

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

REGI mission to the Flood-affected areas in Belgium - Round table - Verviers.

REGI mission to the Flood-affected areas in Belgium - Meeting with the Mayor of Verviers.

REGI mission to the Flood-affected areas in Belgium - Meeting with President of the Regional Parliament in Eupen

REGI mission to the Flood-affected areas in Belgium - Visit of flood stricken spots in Eupen.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President received by his Majesty The King Philippe of the Belgians

Belgian and EU flags at half-mast following the devastating floods, in solidarity and out of respect for the victims. The 20th of July 2021 was declared day of national mourning , by the Belgian authorities

David SASSOLI, EP President participates at the ceremony of the 75th anniversary of the Belgo-italian agreement 'Homme contre charbon'

Civil Protection Mechanism RescEU medical stockpile Belgium in Meer

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Eliane TILLIEUX, President of the Belgian House Representatives

Sara Matthieu - official portrait - 9th Parliamentary term

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with the King of the Belgians.

On Monday 24 October, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, is invited to the College of Europe in Bruges for the opening ceremony of the academic year 2022/2023, with the David Sassoli Promotion. Roberta METSOLA, alumna of the College of Europe in Bruges (2003/2004, John Locke Promotion) gives a speech.

Opening ceremony of the academic year 2022/2023, David Sassoli Promotion at the College of Europe in Bruges: Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

This infoclip illustrates the directive that establishes common principles and rules to remove barriers, stimulate investments and drive cost reductions in renewable energy technologies, and empowers citizens, consumers and businesses to participate in the clean energy transformation. Views of offshore wind energy installation; residential solar power panels, industrial fermentation conversion of organic products into methane biogaz; production site of pellets; hydrogen hybrid power plant; heats pumps using the water of the river. Rights restriction: at 00:00:57:00 : copyright Monnaie-Groupe Decube.

Infoclip: Renewable Energy Directive

This infoclip aims to illustrate the inclusion or non-inclusion of gas and nuclear in the list of environmentally sustainable activities covered by the EU taxonomy. The complementary Taxonomy Delegated Act put forward by the Commission on 9 March 2022 proposes the inclusion of specific nuclear and gas energy activities in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the EU taxonomy. The Taxonomy regulation is part of the Commission’s action plan on financing sustainable growth and aims to boost green investments. The footage shows the arrival of Liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, household gas consumption in Belgium, and a nuclear plant in Forsmark, Sweden.

Infoclip: Taxonomy - gas and nuclear

2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). This infoclip illustrates examples of modern agriculture in three different farms in Belgium, Poland and Spain. A Familly farm in Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium, cultivating the land and raising livestock, a family farm cultivating grain in Minaya, in the region of Guadajara, Spain and a familly farm in Poland close to Tarnow, specialised in Soja.

Infoclip: 60 years of the CAP - modern agriculture examples (Belgium, Poland, Spain)

2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP). The Familly farm "Ferme de la Croix" in Villers-le-Bouillet / Fize-Fontaine is Established in the village for 5 generations cultivating the land and raising livestock. They try to adapt the agricultural practices to environmental challenges and animal welfare. They also diversified their production, opening their own butcher shop on the farm and producing artisanal pasta. This Infoclip illustrates: cattle on the field, feeding the cattle, harvesting, artisanal pasta production and butcher shop.

Infoclip: 60 years of the CAP - modern agriculture example (Belgium)

The start of the 42nd edition of the famous “20 kilometers of Brussels” race took place on Sunday at 10 a.m. at the Parc du Cinquantenaire, just after the departure of the disabled participants at 9:30 a.m. Runners came out in five waves, followed by walkers. The beginnings were given by various political personalities, including the Mayor of Brussels Philippe CLOSE, the Sports Councilor of Brussels Benoît HELLINGS, the Mayor of Etterbeek Vincent De Wolf and the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. Among the participants were Queen Mathilde, who took part in the walker category, and her son Prince Emmanuel, who ran the 20 kilometres. In total, around 33,000 people took part in the race, including around 4,000 walkers and 1,000 participants with disabilities, from 137 different nationalities.

Launch of the 42nd edition of the 20 km of Brussels by EP President Roberta METSOLA

This strategy will help the EU shift to a climate-neutral, circular economy where products are designed to be more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy-efficient. It aims to ensure that the textile industry recovers from the COVID-19 crisis in a sustainable way by making it more competitive, applying circular economy principles to production, products, consumption, waste management and secondary raw materials, directing investment, research and innovation. This infoclip illustrates the Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy with an organization that operates a used clothing collection service to create new and unique piece of clothes and with a leather goods workshop creating bags with recycled tarpaulin

Infoclip: Circular economy: sustainable textile strategy

In mid-July 2021, heavy rainfall and mass flooding in southern Belgium (Wallonia) resulted in multiple deaths and thousands of houses being damaged or collapsing. The footage shows the state of repairs in Pepinster, Eupen and Verviers more than 6 months after the disaster (23/02/2022).

Infoclip: Areas in Belgium affected by floods 2021 - 6 months later

A Regional Development Committee delegation go to the East of Belgium after Netherlands, Germany to visit flood-affected regions. MEPs want to take stock of EU relief measures in these regions following the severe flooding and landslides that hit several European countries in the summer of 2021.

EP REGI delegation to Eupen and Verviers: visit of the flood stricken spots, meeting with local authorities and statement by Younous OMARJEE (The Left,FR), Chair of the REGI delegation

Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister, visits the European Parliament in Brussels and meets with Roberta METSOLA, EP President.

Forests are essential for our health and wellbeing, and the health of the planet. They are rich in biodiversity and are hugely important in the fight against climate change. The new EU forest strategy for 2030 is one of the flagship initiatives of the European Green Deal and builds on the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030. This Infoclip illustrates heathy and green forest, nature, undergrowth, deforestation, burn wood after fire forest, wood transformation and storage

Infoclip: Forest strategy

Vanheede industrial fermentation plant converts organic products into biomethane, which is then converted into electricity via a gas engine. The plant at Quévy is fitted with an installed capacity of 2.45 MW, enabling Vanheede Biomass Solutions to supply electricity to some 5,000 families. The heat generated is recovered in-house. The digestate is upgraded as a soil supplement for agricultural use.

Infoclip: Methane emissions

As a sign of European solidarity and out of respect for the victims of the devastating floods that have caused so many victims and widespread destruction in Belgium, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, David Sassoli, EP President, has decided that the European and Belgian flags in front of all Parliament buildings should be flown at half-mast. Views of the EP in Brussels, Belgium where 20th of July 2021 was declared day of national mourning, by the Belgian authorities.

Flags at half-mast following the devastating floods, in solidarity and out of respect for the victims

In the beginning of July, heavy rainfall and mass flooding in southern Belgium (Wallonia) resulted in multiple deaths and thousands of houses being damaged or collapsing. Belgium activated the European Union's Civil Protection Mechanism to ask for help. This infoclip shows the consequences of the floods in Chaudfontaine (Liège Province): flooded roads, devastated homes, cleaning operations,...

Infoclip: Floods in Belgium

David SASSOLI, EP President participates to the ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Migration Protocol between Belgium and Italy for the arrival of miners to Belgian coal mines. The agreement was signed in Rome on June 23rd 1946. The Bois du Cazier in Marcinelle is a symbolic place where on August 8th 1956 was a major mining accident with the death of 262 miners, of which 136 were Italians. Exctracts of the ceremony with the participation of Paul MAGNETTE, Bougmestre of Charleroi and Elio DI RUPO, Minister President of the Walloon Region.

David SASSOLI, EP President participates to the ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the Belgian-Italian agreement "homme contre charbon": extracts from the ceremony

The Bois du Cazier (Marcinelle, Belgium) was a coal mine which become an industrial heritage site. It was the scene of a major mining disaster that took place on August 8, 1956. 262 men, including a large number of Italian labourers, were killed. The site includes memorials to the disaster and an Industrial Museum and Glass Museum.

Infoclip: The Bois du Cazier – Memorial and Museum

Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in a future climate-neutral economy, enabling emission-free transport, heating and industrial processes as well as inter-seasonal energy storage. Renewable hydrogen can sustainably contribute to achieving climate neutrality in the EU in the long term. This infoclip illustrates an Hydrogen Hybrid Power Plant in Prenzlau, Brandenburg, the exploitation of Hydrogen trucks in Belgium and hydrogen trains in Germany.

Infoclip: EU new energy strategy - hydrogen

The objective of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism is to strengthen cooperation between the EU Member States. This infoclip illustrates: French Civil Protection call center in Strasbourg, Preparation of an ambulance and medical truck, intervention exercises, uses of drones for emergency situations, warehouse in Belgium housing the strategic RescEU stockpile and the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) in Brussels.

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