Figurez-vous que 85 pour cent des diamants bruts vendus dans le monde passent par Anvers, en Belgique. Cela propulse l’Union européenne au premier plan dans le commerce du diamant. Pourtant de nombreux diamants proviennent de zones de conflit, et le produit de leur vente finance la violence et la guerre. Voici trois choses que l’Union européenne fait contre cela.

Voici ce que l’Europe fait pour les consommateurs préoccupés par les minerais provenant de zones de conflit

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, addresses  MEPs in a formal sitting.

This will be first time King Philippe will have addressed the European Parliament. One of his predecessors, King Baudouin, appeared before MEPs in 1987, during a plenary session in Strasbourg.

Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Philippe

Inauguration of the artwork “L’Aire d’un Souffle” placed in the proximity of Luxembourg Station in presence of the Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr Rainer WIELAND, arrives to the venue of the ceremony and greets H.E. Ms Hadja LAHBIB, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade and Federal Cultural Institutions of the Kingdom of Belgium, as well as Mr Rudi VERVOORT, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Inauguration of the artwork “L’Aire d’un Souffle”

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

EP Mini-Plenary Session - Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

Débat avec Charles Michel, Premier ministre de Belgique, sur l'avenir de l'Europe (débat)

Debate with the Prime Minister of Belgium, Charles Michel, on the Future of Europe (debate)

Mobilisation du Fonds européen d'ajustement à la mondialisation : Belgique - secteur textile et Irlande - Dell - Relocalisation d'entreprises dans l'UE et rôle des instruments financiers de l'UE (débat)

Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund : Belgium - textile industry; Ireland - Dell - Relocation of undertakings in the EU and the role of EU financial instruments (debate)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

LEX signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Mathieu MICHEL, Belgian Secretary of State for digitisation

EMPL Committee - Presentation of the Council Presidency’s programme

AFET - Exchange of views with Hadja LAHBIB, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs

AGRI - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency's priorities

ENVI - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency of the Council programme

ENVI - Presentation of the Belgian Council Presidency’s programme.

INTA - Presentation of the Belgian Council Presidency’s programme

CULT - Presentation of the priorities of the Belgian Presidency

IMCO - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency of the Council programme

ITRE - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency's priorities

TRAN  - Presentation of the priorities of the Belgian Presidency

REGI - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency's priorities

EMPL - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency of the Council

New Year reception at the Belgian Royal Palace for European Authorities

LIBE - Presentation of the Belgian Presidency's priorities

Comment réformer le modèle économique de l’UE au profit des consommateurs et de la planète ? Aimilios, en Belgique, et Laetitia, en France, ont la réponse (ou presque) !

Aimilios et Watt4Ever reconditionnent les batteries de voitures électriques pour en faire des systèmes de stockage de l'énergie, ce qui donne une seconde vie aux batteries et permet d'économiser de précieuses matières premières et de l'énergie tout en limitant la pollution.

Laetitia et son association HOP (« Halte à l'Obsolescence Programmée »militent pour que les produits du quotidien durent plus longtemps et soient davantage réparables.

Le Parlement européen soutient des mesures à l'échelle de l'UE visant à promouvoir l'économie circulaire, le droit à la réparation et le recyclage des matières premières, pour limiter la pollution et faire du bien à votre porte-monnaie.

Ces projets obtiennent les ressources nécessaires grâce aux programmes de l’UE comme Horizon Europe et aux fonds de développement régional et rural.

Bâtir une économie meilleure pour vous et l’environnement : Aimilios et Laetitia - EE24

Bâtir une économie meilleure pour vous et l’environnement : Aimilios et Laetitia - 9:16 EE24

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, addresses MEPs in a formal sitting during the plenary session. This is the first time King Philippe addresses the European Parliament. One of his predecessors, King Baudouin, appeared before MEPs in 1987, during a plenary session in Strasbourg. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

EP President Metsola meets His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians, before he addresses the plenary. This news item shows the arrival, meeting and extracts from the address in plenary. This will be the first time King Philippe will have addressed the European Parliament. One of his predecessors, King Baudouin, appeared before MEPs in 1987, during a plenary session in Strasbourg.

Visit of Philippe, King of the Belgians to the European Parliament: arrival, meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President and extracts from the address in plenary

Exterior shots of the European Parliament during the EP Plenary session (10-11/04) in Brussels.

EP Plenary session (10-11/04): editing shots (exterior shots of the EP)

EP President Metsola participates in the ceremony to mark the naming of the European Parliament's Scholl building in Brussels. The building is located at Rue Wiertz 30-50. Sophie SCHOLL, a German student and anti-Nazi political activist. She was a member of the White Rose group, a pacifist resistance group led by students at the University of Munich. She was detained for treason when she was found distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, sentenced to death and executed by guillotine.

Inauguration of the Scholl building in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with His Majesty King Philippe of the Belgians, and participates in a reception hosted by Him in the Royal Palace. This news item shows extracts from the bilateral meeting and reception attended by President Metsola.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President attends the New Year's reception hosted by Philippe, King of the Belgians with EP Vice-Presidents and Questors

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister hold a press conference on the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The key priorities of the Belgian Presidency are defending the of the rule of law, strengthening EU competitiveness, a green and just transition, and finally address address all remaining legislative files associated with the new European pact on migration and asylum. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister on the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

As President of the Council, Belgium leads the European agenda and promote cooperation among the Member States in the following six months. Their aim is to strengthen the European Union and make progress in several areas, such as rule of law, democracy, green and just transition or social and health agenda. MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo the programme of Belgium’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January. Closing remarks by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight and Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency: Closing remarks by Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of the European Green Deal and Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister

As President of the Council, Belgium leads the European agenda and promote cooperation among the Member States in the following six months. Their aim is to strengthen the European Union and make progress in several areas, such as rule of law, democracy, green and just transition or social and health agenda. MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo the programme of Belgium’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January. MEPs debate

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency: MEPs debate

As President of the Council, Belgium leads the European agenda and promote cooperation among the Member States in the following six months. Their aim is to strengthen the European Union and make progress in several areas, such as rule of law, democracy, green and just transition or social and health agenda. MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo the programme of Belgium’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January. Round of the Political Group Leaders.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency: Round of the Political Group Leaders

As President of the Council, Belgium leads the European agenda and promote cooperation among the Member States in the following six months. Their aim is to strengthen the European Union and make progress in several areas, such as rule of law, democracy, green and just transition or social and health agenda. MEPs discuss with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo the programme of Belgium’s six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 January. Arrivals and opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency: opening statement by Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister, on the occasion of the presentation of the priorities of the Belgian presidency Council of the European Union during the plenary session in Strasbourg. This news item shows extracts from the arrival of Prime Minister De Croo and welcome by President Metsola, extracts from the bilateral and extracts from the debate in the hemicycle.

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency: Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister and extracts from the debate

Belgium is taking up the Presidency in the first 6 months of 2024, and the first piece exhibited is L’Aire d’un Souffle by world-renowned Belgian artists Ann Veronica Janssens and Michel François. The Aire d'un Souffle will remain for 5 months, freely accessible 24 hours a day on the Esplanade Solidarność. This news item shows extracts from the inauguration ceremony of the artwork L’Aire d’un Souffle in presence of Rainer WIELAND, Vice President of the European Parliament, Karine LALIEUX, Minister of Pensions and Social Integration, and Rudi VERVOORT, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Inauguration of the artwork “L’Aire d’un Souffle” in presence of Rainer WIELAND, EP Vice President, Karine LALIEUX, Minister of Pensions and Social Integration, and Rudi VERVOORT, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region: extracts

Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister, hold a press conference on the upcoming Belgian Presidency. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Press conference by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Alexander DE CROO, Belgian Prime Minister on the upcoming Belgian Presidency

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her doorstep statement ahead of the European Council (26-27 October 2023). She shares the European Parliament's position on Israel-Gaza situation, support to Ukraine, the Multiannual Financial framework 2021-2027 and the Pact on Migration. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check agaisnt delivery.

Doorstep by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, ahead of the European Council (26-27 October 2023)

On 16th October 2023, two Swedish citizens are killed by a terrorist in Brussels. The next day, in the hemicycle, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, and Political groups speakers pay tribute to the victims and asks MEPs to hold a minute of silence.

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, one round of political group speakers, and minute of silence in tribute to the victims of the Brussels attack

Following the shooting in Brussels on 16th October and the death of two Swedish citizens, the Swedish, Belgian and European flags are put half-mast in front of the EP buidings in Brussels and Strasbourg. Roberta Metsola, EP President, pays tribute to the victims and MEPs hold a minute of silence.

Tribute to the victims of the Brussels attack: Swedish, Belgian and European flags at half-mast in Brussels and Strasbourg and statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and minute of silence

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His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

EP Mini-Plenary Session - Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

EP Mini-Plenary Session - Formal sitting - Address by His Majesty King Philippe, King of the Belgians

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