Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt is a Belgian liberal politician and an advocate of a Federal Europe. He is a former prime minister of Belgium. He has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium since 2009.
Jodoigne is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Walloon Brabant,Belgium.
The Reformist Movement is a liberal French-speaking political party in Belgium. MR is traditionally a conservative-liberal party,but it also contains social-liberal factions.
Karel Lodewijk Georgette Emmerence De Gucht is a Belgian politician who was the European Commissioner for Trade from February 2010 until 31 October 2014. Previously,he served as Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2009 and as the European Commissioner for International Cooperation,Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response from 2009 to 2010.
Philippe Busquin is a Belgian politician.
Didier Reynders is a Belgian politician and a member of the Mouvement Réformateur (MR) serving as European Commissioner for Justice since 2019. He held various positions in public institutions before becoming a member of the House in 1992. He was a minister without interruption from 1999 to 2019,until resigning to become Belgian European Commissioner.
Isabelle Annie J. Durant is a Belgian politician of the Ecolo party who served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 2017 to 2021 and as acting Secretary-General of the organisation from 2021 to 2022.
Jean Gol was a Belgian politician for the liberal Walloon party Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL). He was a minister,on several occasions,in the Belgian government,including service as Deputy Prime Minister.
Kathleen Van Brempt,is a Belgian social-democratic politician and member of Vooruit. She currently serves as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) as part of the Party of European Socialists and is leader of the local branch of her party in Antwerp.
The European Commissioner for Crisis Management is a member of the European Commission. The portfolio was previously titled Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. The post is currently held by Janez Lenarčič.
Marie Arena is a Belgian politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014. She is a member of the Socialist Party,part of the Party of European Socialists.
Charles Michel is a Belgian politician serving as the president of the European Council since 2019. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019.
The Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was the liberal–centrist political group of the European Parliament from 2004 until 2019. It was made up of MEPs from two European political parties,the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and the European Democratic Party,which collectively form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.
Dominique Riquet is a French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since the 2009 European election,representing the North-West constituency. From 2002 until 2012,he was also the mayor of Valenciennes.
The Spinelli Group is an initiative founded with a view to reinvigorate the endeavour for federalisation of the European Union (EU),by creating a network of citizens,think tanks,NGOs,academics,writers and politicians who support the idea of a federal and united Europe. Among other goals,the Group aims to "find a federal majority [among members of the European Parliament] on important subjects." Founded on 15 September 2010 in the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels,the group is named after Altiero Spinelli (1907–1986),founder of the Union of European Federalists (UEF) and a founding father of the European integration.
Olivier Chastel is a Belgian pharmacist and politician of the Liberal Party "Mouvement Réformateur" (MR) who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
Philippe De Backer is an Open Vld politician and was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from September 2011 until April 2016,when he became Secretary of State in the Michel Government.
Justin-Marie Bomboko Lokumba Is Elenge,was a Congolese politician and statesman. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Congo. He served as leader of the Congolese government as chairman of the College of Commissioners. He also served as Foreign Minister for three different tenures:1960–1963,1965–1969,and again in 1981. Bomboko died from a long-illness in Brussels,Belgium,aged 85.
Hilde Vautmans is a Belgian politician of the Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since January 2015,representing the Dutch-speaking electoral college of Belgium.
Dominique Sakombi Inongo was a Congolese politician and diplomat.
