The European Council is a collegiate body that defines the overall political direction and priorities of the European Union. It is composed of the heads of state or government of the EU member states,the President of the European Council,and the President of the European Commission. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also takes part in its meetings.
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian politician who was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2009 to 2019,and has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009. He was the prime minister of Belgium from 1999 to 2008 and deputy prime minister and minister of Budget from 1985 to 1992. He was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 1985 to 2009.
Edegem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Edegem proper. In 2021,Edegem had a total population of 22,244 The total area is 8.65 km². The old Sint-Antoniuskerk is no longer open to the public. It is not sure when it was first built.
Paul Guillaume,Viscount van Zeeland was a Belgian lawyer,economist,Catholic politician,and statesman born in Soignies.
Jean Rey was a Belgian Liberal politician who served as the second President of the European Commission from 1967 to 1970. He served as European Commissioner for External Relations from 1958 to 1967. The 1983–1984 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.
Siim Kallas is an Estonian politician who was the Prime Minister of Estonia and a European Commissioner. He served as the European Commissioner for Transport between 2010 and 2014. Before that he was the European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs,Audit and Anti-Fraud between 2004 and 2009. In both Barroso Commissions he was also a Vice-President. He was twice appointed the Acting Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro in Olli Rehn's stead,from 19 April 2014 to 25 May 2014 while he was on electoral campaign leave for the 2014 elections to the European Parliament and from 1 July 2014 to 16 July 2014 after he took up his seat.
Marc Maria Frans,viscount Eyskens,known as Mark Eyskens,is a Belgian economist,professor and politician in the Christian People's Party,now called Christian Democratic and Flemish,and briefly served as the prime minister of Belgium in 1981.
Jean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the 21st Prime Minister of Luxembourg from 1995 to 2013 and 12th President of the European Commission from 2014 to 2019. He also served as Finance Minister from 1989 to 2009 and President of the Eurogroup from 2005 to 2013.
Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of Economics and politician,has served as a Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. Former Director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since July 2019.
Franz Vranitzky is an Austrian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ),he was Chancellor of Austria from 1986 to 1997.
Pierre Moscovici is a French politician who served as the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs,Taxation and Customs from 2014 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2014 and as Minister for European Affairs between 1997 and 2002.
Yaşar Yakış is a Turkish politician. He is a former Foreign Minister,and a former ambassador to the UN Office in Vienna,Egypt,and Saudi Arabia. From 2002 to 2011 he represented Düzce as an MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He is a member of the Justice and Development Party,the leading political party in Turkey at the moment and he is the chair of the European Union Harmonization Committee of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. He received the French Légion d'Honneur
Herman Vanderpoorten was a Belgian liberal politician. He was a son of the politician Arthur Vanderpoorten,the father of Marleen Vanderpoorten and an uncle of Patrick Dewael.
General elections were held in Belgium on 17 December 1978. The Christian People's Party emerged as the largest party,with 57 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 29 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 94.8%. Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community.
European Union (EU) concepts,acronyms,and jargon are a terminology set that has developed as a form of shorthand,to quickly express a (formal) EU process,an (informal) institutional working practice,or an EU body,function or decision,and which is commonly understood among EU officials or external people who regularly deal with EU institutions.
The Tindemans Group was an EU group of reflection in 1994-1995,set up with the aim of bringing the general public into the debate about the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference with a view to enlargement with new member states from Central and Eastern Europe. It was chaired by Leo Tindemans,former Prime Minister of Belgium;secretary of the Group was Sammy van Tuyll van Serooskerken. The Group consisted of 48 politicians,civil servants and experts from all member states and from all major political affiliations. The members of the Group had different backgrounds,different views on government and different views on Europe,such as how far it should be integrated and how decisions should be made. They shared one view in common:the decision about the future of the European Union cannot be taken without the involvement of the citizens of its member states.
The Bech Ministry came into office in Luxembourg on 16 July 1926 after the resignation of the Prüm Ministry. It was reshuffled on 11 April 1932 and on 27 December 1936. It stepped down after the referendum on the so-called Maulkuerfgesetz,in which the majority of voters decided against the law.
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Belgium.
Roberto Gualtieri is an Italian historian,academic and politician of the Democratic Party (PD),incumbent Mayor of Rome since 2021 and Minister of Economy and Finances in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021. He previously was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019,where he chaired the influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee within the Parliament from 2014 until 2019.
listen );16 April 1922 –26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium serving from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978. [1] He was a member of the Christian Democratic and Flemish party. [1] 
