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The Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium. The party has been described as centre-right and has smaller factions within the party that have conservative liberal and social liberal views. The party is a member of the Liberal Group,Renew Europe,and Liberal International.
The Flemish Parliament constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders,both as a geographic region and as a cultural community of Belgium.
Regional elections were held in Belgium,to choose representatives in the regional councils of Flanders,Wallonia,Brussels and the German-speaking Community on 13 June 1999. The regional elections were held on the same day as the European elections and the federal elections.
Louis Michel is a Belgian politician. He served in the government of Belgium as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004 and was European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2019,he was a Member of the European Parliament. Michel is a prominent member of the French-speaking liberal party,the Mouvement Réformateur. He is the father of Charles Michel,the previous Prime Minister of Belgium and current President of the European Council.
Frank Ignace Georgette Vandenbroucke is a Belgian-Flemish academic and politician of Vooruit who has been serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Social Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo since 2020.
Bartolomeus Jozef Lodewijk Rosalia "Bart" Somers is a Belgian,Flemish politician. He is currently the mayor of Mechelen. In 2017,Bart Somers was awarded 2016 World Mayor Prize as recognition for his outstanding achievements in welcoming refugees during recent years and for the long-term integration of immigrants from different cultures,religions and social backgrounds. He obtained a law degree from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Marianne Leonie Petrus Thyssen is a Belgian politician of the Christian Democratic and Flemish Party (CD&V) who served as European Commissioner for Employment,Social Affairs,Skills and Labour Mobility between 2014 and 2019.
Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker is a Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Belgium with the Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a),part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.
The Flemish Government is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region of Belgium. It consists of a government cabinet,headed by the Minister-President and accountable to the Flemish Parliament,and the public administration divided into 13 policy areas,each with an executive department and multiple agencies.
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe is elected by the Parliamentary Assembly from a shortlist proposed by the Committee of Ministers for a term of five years.
Geert Albert Bourgeois is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA),which he founded in 2001,who is currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He previously served as the Minister-President of Flanders from 2014 to 2019. Prior to this,he was a member of the federal Chamber of Representatives for the People's Union from 1995 to 2001,and then for the N-VA from 2001 to 2004. He has been involved in local and regional politics in Flanders since 1976.
Magdalena Godelieve HildaAelvoet is a Belgian politician in Flanders. She was a provincial senator for Antwerp between 1985 and 1991 and a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the district of Leuven between 1991 and 1994,when she also served in the Flemish Council. She was a member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 1999,where she was the chair of the Greens. Aelvoet was appointed deputy prime minister and the Minister of Consumer Affairs,Public Health and the Environment in the Verhofstadt I government between 1999 and 2002 and became a Minister of State in 1995.
On May 21,1995,regional elections were held in Belgium,to choose representatives in the regional councils of Flanders,Wallonia,Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium. It also was the first time elections were held for the Flemish and the Walloon Council. The regional elections were held on the same day as the federal election.
The Assembly of European Regions (AER) is the largest independent network of regions in wider Europe. Bringing together regions from 25 countries and 15 interregional organizations,AER is a forum for interregional cooperation.
Monica De Coninck is a Flemish politician for the left-wing Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a) party. Between 6 December 2011 and October 2014 she was Minister of Labour in the Di Rupo I Government.
Johan Sauwens is a Belgian politician from the province of Limburg.
Theo Kelchtermans is a Belgian politician.
The European Centre for Workers' Questions (EZA) is a European network of 70 labor unions from 29 countries. The administration is located in Königswinter. Members of EZA are worker's organizations and educational and research institutes that deal with worker's questions with reference to Christian social values. These organizations have around 8 million members. Moreover,the EZA has further partners in Europe and cultivates relations to worker's organizations in other regions.
Frank Beno Mariano Creyelman is a Belgian politician. Between 1995 and 1999 he served as a member of the Flemish Parliament;between 1999 and 2007 as a member of the senate and between 2007 and 2014 again as member of the Flemish Parliament. He is the brother of fellow Vlaams Belang politician Steven Creyelman. He was expelled from Vlaams Belang in 2023 after an investigation uncovered spying links to China.
