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.
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.
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.
Herbert Reul is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Internal Affairs in the government of successive Ministers-President Armin Laschet (2017–2021) and Hendrik Wüst. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira,GCC is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms in the administration of President Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2016 until 2019. She was as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party;part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2016. In 2019,she was selected by Portugal to serve as a European Commissioner. Previously,she was in charge of the Ministries of Environment (1995-1999) and Public Works (1999-2001) during the governments of António Guterres.
The Federal Government of Belgium exercises executive power in the Kingdom of Belgium. It consists of ministers and secretary of state drawn from the political parties which form the governing coalition. The federal government is led by the prime minister of Belgium,and ministers lead ministries of the government. Ministers together form the Council of Ministers,which is the supreme executive organ of the government.
Jean Arthuis is a French politician. Over the course of career,he has held various ministerial positions and served as Member of the European Parliament from France,where he chaired the Committee on Budgets. He also serves as Senator representing Mayenne in the French Parliament.
Adina-Ioana Vălean is a Romanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Transport under the leadership of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen from 2019 until June 2024. She served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 until 2019,where she chaired of the European Parliament Committee on Industry,Research and Energy in 2019. In the 2024 European elections she was again elected and became a member of the European Parliament.
Dominique Riquet is a French surgeon and politician of the Radical Party who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from the 2009 to 2024,representing the North-West constituency. From 2002 until 2012,he was also the mayor of Valenciennes.
Alexander De Croo is a Belgian politician and businessman who is the prime minister of Belgium. He assumed office in October 2020 and is currently acting in a demissionary capacity.
Cornelia "Cora" van Nieuwenhuizen-Wijbenga is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). She served as Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management in the Third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2021,and briefly as Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy in 2021.
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.
Petra De Sutter is a Belgian gynaecologist and politician,currently serving as federal Deputy Prime Minister.
The Michel I Government was the Federal Government of Belgium formed following the 2014 Belgian government formation and sworn in on 11 October 2014. The administration was a centre-right coalition of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA),the Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V),the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats and the Reformist Movement (MR). The prime minister was Charles Michel. The government had an agenda of socio-economic reforms,especially through austerity measures,with its priorities being improving Belgium's economic competitiveness and reducing unemployment. It fell in December 2018 over the Global Compact for Migration.
Simona Bonafé is an Italian politician and journalist who is serving as a member of the country's Chamber of Deputies.
Alessia Mosca is the Secretary General of Italy-ASEAN association.
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.
Lieve Wierinck is a Belgian politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats,which sits in the ALDE Group,from 2016 until 2019. She succeeded Philippe De Backer,who became Secretary of State in the Michel Government.
Stéphane Séjourné is a French politician of Renaissance who served as Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal between January and September 2024.
