Philippe, King of the Belgians, has invited Antonio TAJANI, EP President to attends the New Year's reception at the Royal Palace of Laeken. Welcome by Philippe, King of the Belgians and Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians and Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium. Handshakes with Antonio TAJANI, EP President, Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the EC, Donald TUSK, President of the Council, Mairead McGUINNESS (EPP, IE), First EP Vice-President, Rainer WIELAND (EPP, DE), Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL), Evelyne GEBHARDT (S&D, DE), Pavel TELICKA (ALDE, CZ), Ioan Mircea PASCU (S&D, RO), EP Vice-Presidents, Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER (EPP, FR), Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP, BG), Vladimír MANKA (S&D,SK), Catherine BEARDER (ALDE, UK), EP Questors and Klaus WELLE, Secretary-General of the EP

Brussels

TAJANI, Antonio (EPP, IT)

JUNCKER, Jean-Claude (LU)

McGUINNESS, Mairead (EPP, IE)

BEARDER, Catherine (Renew, UK)

ceremony

MORIN-CHARTIER, Elisabeth (EPP, FR)

TELIČKA, Pavel (ALDE, CZ)

KOVATCHEV, Andrey (EPP, BG)

TUSK, Donald (PL)

GEBHARDT, Evelyne (S&D, DE)

WIELAND, Rainer (EPP, DE)

WELLE, Klaus (DE)

CZARNECKI, Ryszard (ECR, PL)

MAŇKA, Vladimír (S&D, SK)

EU - Belgium (T)

MATHILDE OF BELGIUM (BE, Queen)

PHILIPPE OF BELGIUM (BE, King)

PASCU, Ioan Mircea (S&D, RO)

REYNDERS, Didier (BE, EC)

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

External shots of the Palais Royal (3 shots)

European Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President  and Donald TUSK, President of the Council

Arrival of Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the Commission

Antonio TAJANI, EP President with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the Commission, Donald TUSK, President of the Council and Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Arrival of Philippe, King of the Belgians and Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians

Handshake with Antonio TAJANI, EP President

Handshake with Donald TUSK, President of the European Council

Handshake with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President 

Handshake with Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians with Jean-Claude JUNCKER, EC President 

Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians with Didier REYNDERS, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium

Handshake with Mairead McGUINNESS (EPP,IE), First EP Vice-President

Handshake with Rainer WIELAND (EPP,DE), EP Vice-President

 Handshake with Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR,PL), EP Vice-President

Handshake with Evelyne GEBHARDT (S&amp;D,DE), EP Vice-President

Handshake with  Pavel TELIČKA (ALDE,CZ),  EP Vice-President

Handshake with  Ioan Mircea PAŞCU (S&amp;D,RO),  EP Vice-President

Handshake with Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER (EPP,FR), EP Questor

Handshake with Andrey KOVATCHEV (EPP,BG), EP Questor

Handshake with Vladim&iacute;r MAŇKA (S&amp;D,SK), EP Questor

Handshake with Catherine BEARDER (ALDE,GB), EP Questor

Handshake with  Klaus WELLE, Secretary-General of the EP