Cefic will host its industry summit in Antwerp this week, just days before EU leaders meet to turn industry demands into policy
@xrbelgium.bsky.social warns pesticide pollution, cancer, water contamination &climate breakdown are the real cost
We need #Peopleoverlobbies
🖍️ @cartoonralph.bsky.social
@xrbelgium.bsky.social warns pesticide pollution, cancer, water contamination &climate breakdown are the real cost
We need #Peopleoverlobbies
🖍️ @cartoonralph.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Cefic will host its industry summit in Antwerp this week, just days before EU leaders meet to turn industry demands into policy
@xrbelgium.bsky.social warns pesticide pollution, cancer, water contamination &climate breakdown are the real cost
We need #Peopleoverlobbies
🖍️ @cartoonralph.bsky.social
@xrbelgium.bsky.social warns pesticide pollution, cancer, water contamination &climate breakdown are the real cost
We need #Peopleoverlobbies
🖍️ @cartoonralph.bsky.social
Good job, kwam zijdelings al aan bod in het vorige loopbaanhoofdstuk met actieve betrokkenheid bij voorbereiding en uitvoering #eu2024be 🇪🇺🇧🇪 😉
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Good job, kwam zijdelings al aan bod in het vorige loopbaanhoofdstuk met actieve betrokkenheid bij voorbereiding en uitvoering #eu2024be 🇪🇺🇧🇪 😉
2/9
#Chemicals is 1 of biggest lobbies in 🇪🇺 & as shown by its Antwerp Declaration (10/10 delivery on its agenda, according to VDL herself) often gets its way.
So what does it want from upcoming Chemicals Industry Action Plan & Omnibus due 8 July?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/f...
#Chemicals is 1 of biggest lobbies in 🇪🇺 & as shown by its Antwerp Declaration (10/10 delivery on its agenda, according to VDL herself) often gets its way.
So what does it want from upcoming Chemicals Industry Action Plan & Omnibus due 8 July?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/f...
June 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
2/9
#Chemicals is 1 of biggest lobbies in 🇪🇺 & as shown by its Antwerp Declaration (10/10 delivery on its agenda, according to VDL herself) often gets its way.
So what does it want from upcoming Chemicals Industry Action Plan & Omnibus due 8 July?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/f...
#Chemicals is 1 of biggest lobbies in 🇪🇺 & as shown by its Antwerp Declaration (10/10 delivery on its agenda, according to VDL herself) often gets its way.
So what does it want from upcoming Chemicals Industry Action Plan & Omnibus due 8 July?
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/06/f...
EU pioneers citizen-led AI policy with Belgiums citizens assembly ensuring public voices shape the future of AI. #AIethics #EU2024BE #CitizenParticipation[1][3]
December 20, 2024 at 10:58 AM
EU pioneers citizen-led AI policy with Belgiums citizens assembly ensuring public voices shape the future of AI. #AIethics #EU2024BE #CitizenParticipation[1][3]
🗎 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
Belgium’s Presidency of the Council of the EU was widely perceived as a great success. Despite challenges such as domestic elections and the pressure of the upcoming Hungarian presidency #EU2024BE #JLDeBrouwer @egmontinstitute.bsky.social @CEPS_thinktank
👉https://bit.ly/3Z2tT7S
Belgium’s Presidency of the Council of the EU was widely perceived as a great success. Despite challenges such as domestic elections and the pressure of the upcoming Hungarian presidency #EU2024BE #JLDeBrouwer @egmontinstitute.bsky.social @CEPS_thinktank
👉https://bit.ly/3Z2tT7S
Belgium’s Council Presidency: Reviewing a Remarkably Stimulating Six Months - Egmont Institute
From the outset, the context was clear for Belgium: a double end of term, national and European. Whilst possibly a bad omen, by the end of these six months, the […]
bit.ly
August 29, 2024 at 8:40 AM
🗎 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡
Belgium’s Presidency of the Council of the EU was widely perceived as a great success. Despite challenges such as domestic elections and the pressure of the upcoming Hungarian presidency #EU2024BE #JLDeBrouwer @egmontinstitute.bsky.social @CEPS_thinktank
👉https://bit.ly/3Z2tT7S
Belgium’s Presidency of the Council of the EU was widely perceived as a great success. Despite challenges such as domestic elections and the pressure of the upcoming Hungarian presidency #EU2024BE #JLDeBrouwer @egmontinstitute.bsky.social @CEPS_thinktank
👉https://bit.ly/3Z2tT7S
From January to June 2024, #Belgium held the presidency in the EU Council.
Justifying its reputation as an honest broker, it reached agreement on many, even difficult, measures. But it was less successful in shaping strategic choices for the future.
By JEAN-LOUIS DE BROUWER
#EU2024BE
Justifying its reputation as an honest broker, it reached agreement on many, even difficult, measures. But it was less successful in shaping strategic choices for the future.
By JEAN-LOUIS DE BROUWER
#EU2024BE
Belgium’s Council Presidency: Reviewing a remarkably stimulating six months
By Jean-Louis De Brouwer
www.foederalist.eu
August 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Von Januar bis Juni 2024 hatte #Belgien den #EU-Ratsvorsitz inne.
Entsprechend seinem Ruf als ehrlicher Makler erzielte das Land Einigung über viele, auch schwierige Maßnahmen. Weniger erfolgreich war es bei der Gestaltung strategischer Zukunftsentscheidungen.
Von JEAN-LOUIS DE BROUWER
#EU2024BE
Entsprechend seinem Ruf als ehrlicher Makler erzielte das Land Einigung über viele, auch schwierige Maßnahmen. Weniger erfolgreich war es bei der Gestaltung strategischer Zukunftsentscheidungen.
Von JEAN-LOUIS DE BROUWER
#EU2024BE
Die belgische Ratspräsidentschaft: Rückblick auf ein bemerkenswert anregendes halbes Jahr
Von Jean-Louis De Brouwer
www.foederalist.eu
August 23, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Von Januar bis Juni 2024 hatte #Belgien den #EU-Ratsvorsitz inne.
Entsprechend seinem Ruf als ehrlicher Makler erzielte das Land Einigung über viele, auch schwierige Maßnahmen. Weniger erfolgreich war es bei der Gestaltung strategischer Zukunftsentscheidungen.
Von JEAN-LOUIS DE BROUWER
#EU2024BE
Entsprechend seinem Ruf als ehrlicher Makler erzielte das Land Einigung über viele, auch schwierige Maßnahmen. Weniger erfolgreich war es bei der Gestaltung strategischer Zukunftsentscheidungen.
Von JEAN-LOUIS DE BROUWER
#EU2024BE
It was a real pleasure assisting @EU2024BE at these events as a speaker and moderator. We covered a lot of ground on issues that are of growing importance for European defence. Well done 🇧🇪 and good luck 🇭🇺🇪🇺
Congrats Belgium! 🇧🇪🇪🇺 CSDS was pleased to contribute to the @EU2024BE calendar of events! As speaker or moderator, we played our part at a range of events including:
🏭 EU Defence Industry Event
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/eu...
🏭 EU Defence Industry Event
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/eu...
June 30, 2024 at 6:46 PM
It was a real pleasure assisting @EU2024BE at these events as a speaker and moderator. We covered a lot of ground on issues that are of growing importance for European defence. Well done 🇧🇪 and good luck 🇭🇺🇪🇺
Congrats Belgium! 🇧🇪🇪🇺 CSDS was pleased to contribute to the @EU2024BE calendar of events! As speaker or moderator, we played our part at a range of events including:
🏭 EU Defence Industry Event
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/eu...
🏭 EU Defence Industry Event
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/eu...
June 30, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Congrats Belgium! 🇧🇪🇪🇺 CSDS was pleased to contribute to the @EU2024BE calendar of events! As speaker or moderator, we played our part at a range of events including:
🏭 EU Defence Industry Event
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/eu...
🏭 EU Defence Industry Event
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/events/eu...
The Belgian EU Presidency closes today 🇧🇪
Laurens Soenen shares some highlights of #EU2024BE with @dantelicona.bsky.social & @luefkens.bsky.social in the #SoMeInsights podcast
➡️🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/1zLD...
#DigitalDiplomacy
Laurens Soenen shares some highlights of #EU2024BE with @dantelicona.bsky.social & @luefkens.bsky.social in the #SoMeInsights podcast
➡️🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/1zLD...
#DigitalDiplomacy
What can we learn from the Belgian EU Presidency comms - Laurens Soenen - Belgium MFA #SoMeInsights
Listen to this episode from SoMe Insights on Spotify. In this episode of the #SoMeInsights Podcast, Dante Licona and Matthias Lüfkens talk to Laurens Soenen, the Communications Coordinator for the B...
open.spotify.com
June 30, 2024 at 8:42 AM
The Belgian EU Presidency closes today 🇧🇪
Laurens Soenen shares some highlights of #EU2024BE with @dantelicona.bsky.social & @luefkens.bsky.social in the #SoMeInsights podcast
➡️🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/1zLD...
#DigitalDiplomacy
Laurens Soenen shares some highlights of #EU2024BE with @dantelicona.bsky.social & @luefkens.bsky.social in the #SoMeInsights podcast
➡️🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/1zLD...
#DigitalDiplomacy
⚫ Protecting citizens
🟡 Strengthening the economy
🔴 Preparing for the future
These words capture the essence of the #EU2024BE Presidency of the Council of the EU, which is coming to an end this month.
We 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 worked together for a Union that delivers and empowers.
🟡 Strengthening the economy
🔴 Preparing for the future
These words capture the essence of the #EU2024BE Presidency of the Council of the EU, which is coming to an end this month.
We 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 worked together for a Union that delivers and empowers.
June 29, 2024 at 7:13 AM
⚫ Protecting citizens
🟡 Strengthening the economy
🔴 Preparing for the future
These words capture the essence of the #EU2024BE Presidency of the Council of the EU, which is coming to an end this month.
We 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 worked together for a Union that delivers and empowers.
🟡 Strengthening the economy
🔴 Preparing for the future
These words capture the essence of the #EU2024BE Presidency of the Council of the EU, which is coming to an end this month.
We 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 worked together for a Union that delivers and empowers.
Thank you @BelgiumUkraine for
hosting 🇺🇦vs🇧🇪 in Kyiv! #EURo2024
No team played as well as hoped & we shared our frustrations
And thank you for a great @EU2024BE, it will be missed, as will Ambassador Van de Velde in Ukraine
hosting 🇺🇦vs🇧🇪 in Kyiv! #EURo2024
No team played as well as hoped & we shared our frustrations
And thank you for a great @EU2024BE, it will be missed, as will Ambassador Van de Velde in Ukraine
March 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Thank you @BelgiumUkraine for
hosting 🇺🇦vs🇧🇪 in Kyiv! #EURo2024
No team played as well as hoped & we shared our frustrations
And thank you for a great @EU2024BE, it will be missed, as will Ambassador Van de Velde in Ukraine
hosting 🇺🇦vs🇧🇪 in Kyiv! #EURo2024
No team played as well as hoped & we shared our frustrations
And thank you for a great @EU2024BE, it will be missed, as will Ambassador Van de Velde in Ukraine
🤜 120+ 🤛 orgs, including SAFE, tell EU leaders at #EUCO in Brussels: "abandon the ‘Industrial Deal’ agenda promoted by business associations and instead prioritise the needs of people and the environment"
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
EU civil society says "It's time to prioritise needs of people and the environment"
As EU leaders meet at tomorrow's European Council summit, 120 civil society organisations demand they prioritise the needs of people and the environment, not corporate greed.
corporateeurope.org
June 26, 2024 at 1:59 PM
🤜 120+ 🤛 orgs, including SAFE, tell EU leaders at #EUCO in Brussels: "abandon the ‘Industrial Deal’ agenda promoted by business associations and instead prioritise the needs of people and the environment"
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
🤜 120+ 🤛 orgs say to EU leaders at #EUCO in Brussels: oppose the ‘Industrial Deal’ by #BigPolluters and lobby giants
✊We need real solutions to multiple crises - not industry agenda scrapping protections for profits!
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
✊We need real solutions to multiple crises - not industry agenda scrapping protections for profits!
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
EU civil society says "It's time to prioritise needs of people and the environment"
As EU leaders meet at tomorrow's European Council summit, 120 civil society organisations demand they prioritise the needs of people and the environment, not corporate greed.
corporateeurope.org
June 26, 2024 at 7:00 AM
🤜 120+ 🤛 orgs say to EU leaders at #EUCO in Brussels: oppose the ‘Industrial Deal’ by #BigPolluters and lobby giants
✊We need real solutions to multiple crises - not industry agenda scrapping protections for profits!
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
✊We need real solutions to multiple crises - not industry agenda scrapping protections for profits!
Read all about it here 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2024/06/p...
#EU2024BE
Die WHO macht in einem Bericht deutlich, wie 4 Wirtschaftszweige in ganz Europa Krankheiten und Todesfälle fördern.
👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/konkret/gesu...
#PublicHealth #StayInformed #StayEmpowered #HealthPromotion #Prevention #Advocacy #NCDs #CDoH #EU2024BE #R2F #HealthForAll #Health4All #SDG3
👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/konkret/gesu...
#PublicHealth #StayInformed #StayEmpowered #HealthPromotion #Prevention #Advocacy #NCDs #CDoH #EU2024BE #R2F #HealthForAll #Health4All #SDG3
Mächtige Industrien verursachen Krankheit und vorzeitige Sterblichkeit
Die Frage ist, ob unsere Politiker*innen den Mut haben, endlich zu sagen: Genug ist genug.
https://www.alkoholpolitik.de/konkret/gesundheit/kommerzielle-determinanten/999-mächtige-industrien-verursachen-krankheit-und-vorzeitige-sterblichkeit
June 24, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Die WHO macht in einem Bericht deutlich, wie 4 Wirtschaftszweige in ganz Europa Krankheiten und Todesfälle fördern.
👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/konkret/gesu...
#PublicHealth #StayInformed #StayEmpowered #HealthPromotion #Prevention #Advocacy #NCDs #CDoH #EU2024BE #R2F #HealthForAll #Health4All #SDG3
👉 www.alkoholpolitik.de/konkret/gesu...
#PublicHealth #StayInformed #StayEmpowered #HealthPromotion #Prevention #Advocacy #NCDs #CDoH #EU2024BE #R2F #HealthForAll #Health4All #SDG3
June 23, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Zelenskyy thanks EU Council, Belgian Presidency for approval of negotiating framework for Ukraine
Zelenskyy thanks EU Council, Belgian Presidency for approval of negotiating framework for Ukraine
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the EU Council and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 (EU2024BE) for their "robust political will" and the approval of the negotiating framework necessary to begin EU accession negotiations with Ukraine. He also congratulated Moldova on the approval of the negotiating framework for it as well.
en.interfax.com.ua
June 21, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Zelenskyy thanks EU Council, Belgian Presidency for approval of negotiating framework for Ukraine
Adopted! EU Environment Ministers just validated the trilogue agreement on the Nature Restoration Law. This is the final step before this law can enter into force. #EuropeanUnion
https://x.com/EU2024BE/status/1802623392761139257?t=lzFMgEwuYDH5gpkTGB_L2Q&s=19
https://x.com/EU2024BE/status/1802623392761139257?t=lzFMgEwuYDH5gpkTGB_L2Q&s=19
June 17, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Adopted! EU Environment Ministers just validated the trilogue agreement on the Nature Restoration Law. This is the final step before this law can enter into force. #EuropeanUnion
https://x.com/EU2024BE/status/1802623392761139257?t=lzFMgEwuYDH5gpkTGB_L2Q&s=19
https://x.com/EU2024BE/status/1802623392761139257?t=lzFMgEwuYDH5gpkTGB_L2Q&s=19
‼️12 member states wrote to #EU2024BE calling for the adoption of the negotiating frameworks for #Ukraine & #Moldova in June at the latest. It'd mean the start of accession talks. #HU2024EU still blocks the agreement. You'll never guess who signed the letter! Slovakia!
#Nepszava
#Nepszava
June 5, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Today, @danielfiott moderated a panel with @WilenNina, Alex Vines, @SamRamani2 and @ntanriverdi on external actors' competing interests in Africa. The panel was part of an @EgmontInstitute @RHID_IRSD_KHID @EU2024BE event on the EU and Africa.
More info🔸 www.egmontinstitute.be/events/bridg...
More info🔸 www.egmontinstitute.be/events/bridg...
June 4, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Today, @danielfiott moderated a panel with @WilenNina, Alex Vines, @SamRamani2 and @ntanriverdi on external actors' competing interests in Africa. The panel was part of an @EgmontInstitute @RHID_IRSD_KHID @EU2024BE event on the EU and Africa.
More info🔸 www.egmontinstitute.be/events/bridg...
More info🔸 www.egmontinstitute.be/events/bridg...
Honoured to start our 'Coalition for Democratic #Resilience' with a conference co-organised with @EU2024BE & @EU_EEAS.
Timely topic: Defending #Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power.
Thanks for excellent collaboration & for resilience as #EU2024BE priority!
defenddemocracy.eu/events/29-ma...
Timely topic: Defending #Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power.
Thanks for excellent collaboration & for resilience as #EU2024BE priority!
defenddemocracy.eu/events/29-ma...
May 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Honoured to start our 'Coalition for Democratic #Resilience' with a conference co-organised with @EU2024BE & @EU_EEAS.
Timely topic: Defending #Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power.
Thanks for excellent collaboration & for resilience as #EU2024BE priority!
defenddemocracy.eu/events/29-ma...
Timely topic: Defending #Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power.
Thanks for excellent collaboration & for resilience as #EU2024BE priority!
defenddemocracy.eu/events/29-ma...
On the initiative of @EU2024BE, 18 #EU member states joined the EP on Friday in calling for a strong Union of Equality under the next European Commission and a EU LGBTIQ strategy 2025-30
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/kvibjar1…
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/kvibjar1…
January 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
On the initiative of @EU2024BE, 18 #EU member states joined the EP on Friday in calling for a strong Union of Equality under the next European Commission and a EU LGBTIQ strategy 2025-30
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/kvibjar1…
belgian-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/kvibjar1…
⚡️EU ambassadors agreed in principle on the transfer of windfall profits from frozen Russian assets in the EU to Ukraine. twitter.com/EU2024BE/sta...
Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024 on X: "🇺🇦 EU ambassadors agreed in principle on measures concerning extraordinary revenues stemming from Russia’s immobilised assets. 👉 The money will serve to support #Ukraine's recovery and military defence in the context of the Russian aggression." / X
🇺🇦 EU ambassadors agreed in principle on measures concerning extraordinary revenues stemming from Russia’s immobilised assets. 👉 The money will serve to support #Ukraine's recovery and military defence in the context of the Russian aggression.
twitter.com
May 8, 2024 at 3:53 PM
⚡️EU ambassadors agreed in principle on the transfer of windfall profits from frozen Russian assets in the EU to Ukraine. twitter.com/EU2024BE/sta...
Based on the Royal Higher Institute for Defence and #EU2024BE event on #MilitaryMobility held in February 2024 in Ghent, this note summarises the main takeaways from the seminar. Give it a read!
www.defence-institute.be/en/publicati...
www.defence-institute.be/en/publicati...
May 2, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Based on the Royal Higher Institute for Defence and #EU2024BE event on #MilitaryMobility held in February 2024 in Ghent, this note summarises the main takeaways from the seminar. Give it a read!
www.defence-institute.be/en/publicati...
www.defence-institute.be/en/publicati...