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

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Strasbourg

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plenary session

KYRTSOS, Georgios (Renew, EL)

VANDENKENDELAERE, Tom (EPP, BE)

VAN BREMPT, Kathleen (S&D, BE)

IN 'T VELD, Sophia (Renew, NL)

BAY, Nicolas (ECR, FR)

NICA, Dan (S&D, RO)

SOLÉ, Jordi (Greens/EFA, ES)

MUREŞAN, Siegfried (EPP, RO)

GÁL, Kinga (NI, HU)

EU - Belgium (T)

NIEBLER, Angelika (EPP, DE)

FERNANDES, José Manuel (EPP, PT)

VIRKKUNEN, Henna (EPP, FI)

FIDANZA, Carlo (ECR, IT)

Belgian Presidency of the EU (T)

MEUTHEN, Jörg (NI, DE)

TOBÉ, Tomas (EPP, SE)

KLOC, Izabela-Helena (ECR, PL)

WEIMERS, Charlie (ECR, SE)

RESSLER, Karlo (EPP, HR)

HAYER, Valérie (Renew, FR)

BRICMONT, Saskia (Greens/EFA, BE)

VANDENDRIESSCHE, Tom (ID, BE)

AZMANI, Malik (Renew, NL)

MARQUES, Margarida (S&D, PT)

BISCHOFF, Gabriele (S&D, DE)

COMÍN I OLIVERES, Antoni (NI, ES)

VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA, Adrián (Renew, ES)

MATTHIEU, Sara (Greens/EFA, BE)

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

SOUNDBITE (Original), Siegfried MURE&#350;AN (EPP, RO), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kathleen VAN BREMPT (S&amp;D, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Val&#233;rie HAYER (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sara MATTHIEU (Greens/EFA, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Charlie WEIMERS (ECR, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tom VANDENDRIESSCHE (ID, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Nicolas BAY (NI, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Angelika NIEBLER (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sophia IN &apos;T VELD (Renew, NL), Point of order

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gabriele BISCHOFF (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Adri&#225;n V&#193;ZQUEZ L&#193;ZARA (Renew, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Saskia BRICMONT (Greens/EFA, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Izabela-Helena KLOC (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Antoni COM&#205;N I OLIVERES (NI, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tomas TOB&#201; (EPP, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Dan NICA (S&amp;D, RO), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Carlo FIDANZA (ECR, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), J&#246;rg MEUTHEN (NI, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jos&#233; Manuel FERNANDES (EPP, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Karlo RESSLER (EPP, HR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Tom VANDENKENDELAERE (EPP, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Henna VIRKKUNEN (EPP, FI), Catch the Eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Margarida MARQUES (S&amp;D, PT), Catch the Eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Georgios KYRTSOS (Renew, EL), Catch the Eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Jordi SOL&#201; (Greens/EFA, ES), Catch the Eye

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kinga G&#193;L (NI, HU), Catch the Eye