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Alexandre Brecx
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Belgian diplomat, currently spokesperson of the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Union @belgiumineu.bsky.social 🇧🇪🇪🇺
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In his National Day address, Belgian King Philippe decries the situation in Gaza as "a shame for all humanity".
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La situation à Gaza 'est une honte pour l’humanité tout entière' : le roi Philippe prononce un discours de paix à la veille du 21 juillet - RTBF Actus
Une recrudescence de conflits que l’on croyait appartenir à une époque révolue Le roi joue son rôle de 1er...
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July 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Belgian Deputy Prime minister and Foreign minister Maxime Prévot is taking part in the 🇪🇺 Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels today #FAC.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 ⇊
➖ Situation in the Middle East
➖ Russian aggression against Ukraine
➖ China and European security
June 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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💶 At the Economic and financial affairs Council #ECOFIN in Luxembourg today, 🇪🇺 ministers discuss:

🛃 Reforming EU Customs
📉 Economic governance, including #Belgium's plan of reform and investment commitments
🇧🇬 Enlargement of the € to Bulgaria
🚀 Boosting competitiveness
June 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Development cooperation minister Maxime Prévot represents #Belgium 🇧🇪 today at the 🇪🇺 Foreign Affairs Council focusing on development.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 ⇊
💶 Financing for development
🌍 EU-Africa relations
🇺🇦 Support to Ukraine
🗺️ EU’s external action after 2027
May 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Minister of defence Theo Francken represents Belgium 🇧🇪 for the first part of the 🇪🇺 Foreign Affairs Council #FAC in Brussels today, focusing on #defence.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚 ⇊
🇺🇦 EU military support to Ukraine
🛡️ Defence readiness
May 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Finance minister Jan Jambon represents 🇧🇪 Belgium at the 🇪🇺 Economic and Financial Affairs Council today #ECOFIN.

On the agenda ⇊
➖ New VAT rules
➖ Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument
➖ Savings and investments union
➖ Russia’s aggression against #Ukraine
May 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🇪🇺 Happy Europe Day!

🎙️This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, and we have something very special for you today: check out the latest edition of @BelgiumMFA's podcast 'Let's Talk Foreign Affairs' featuring our 🇧🇪 Ambassador Peter Moors.

🎧 FR urlr.me/RSJ4db
🎧 NL urlr.me/ytG8WD
May 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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For 80 years, Belgium 🇧🇪 and the 🇪🇺 member states have chosen peace, democracy, and solidarity as guiding values to shape our common destiny.

80 years after #WWII, we honour our past and celebrate the vision of a peaceful and united Europe that brought us to the EU we cherish today.
May 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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From artificial intelligence to consumer protection, the Council negotiates and adopts rules on various issues which impact your everyday life.

Explore the key topics the Council is working on ➡️https://europa.eu/!VQrtGY
April 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🇧🇪🇪🇺 Belgium’s Deputy Prime minister and Foreign minister Maxime Prévot is taking part in the Foreign Affairs Council today #FAC.

𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚:
➖ Russian aggression against #Ukraine
➖ Situation in the Middle East, including Syria
➖ EU-Africa relations
➖ Western Balkans
April 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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The EU is China's top trading partner while #China is the EU's second biggest trading partner (after the US).

Together, they represent over a 3rd of the world's:

➡️ global trade
➡️ global GDP

More facts and figures: europa.eu/!rkw6KN
April 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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The coalition of the willing in Paris.
March 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Sanctions are hitting Russia hard and the EU is ready to keep pressure on Russia. A message by the EU's sanctions envoy, David O'Sullivan.

cepa.org/article/euro...
Europe’s Message to Moscow: We Will Keep Sanctions
Sanctions are hitting Russia hard and the European Union is ready to keep economic pressure on the Russian war against Ukraine.
cepa.org
March 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Belgium is 14th happiest country in the world. 11 🇪🇺 countries are in the first 20 positions.

Good reminder on this #EUCO day that the values we stand for, the social system we champion, the economic model we uphold, maybe aren't that bad after all...

data.worldhappiness.report/table?_gl=1*...
March 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The EU leaders were joined at #EUCO by the Secretary General of the United Nations 🇺🇳 Antonio Guterres.

Belgium is a staunch supporter of a rules-based multilateral order. The EU must now more than ever aim to be a beacon for multilateralism.
March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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At the start of the #EUCO meeting, the 27 EU leaders had an exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy via VTC.

Respect for the United Nations Charter and international law forms the basis for dealing with all international conflicts.
March 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🇧🇪 Belgian Prime minister Bart De Wever is taking part in the European Council #EUCO today in Brussels. The summit of the 🇪🇺 leaders focuses on:

➖ Ukraine
➖ Middle East
➖ Competitiveness
➖ European defence and security
➖ Migration
➖ Budget
March 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Meeting of the 🇪🇺 General Affairs Council (#GAC) today. Deputy Prime minister in charge of European Affairs Maxime Prévot represents 🇧🇪 #Belgium.

On the agenda ⇊
🇪🇺 Preparation of the March European Council
🇬🇧 EU-UK relations
📈 European Semester
📜 Legislative programming
March 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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🎙️ "We need pride and confidence to develop our strengths. Our hydrogen economy, our circular economy and more, these are opportunities for the future".

➖ 🇧🇪 Flander’s Minister-President Matthias Diependaele ahead of the #COMPET Council today.
March 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Meeting of the 🇪🇺 Competitiveness Council (industry and single market) today #COMPET.

Deputy Prime minister David Clarinval and Flemish Minister-President Matthias Diependaele represent #Belgium 🇧🇪.

🏭 Clean industrial deal
🛃 Modernised single market
🛜 E-commerce
📝 Simplification
March 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Meeting of the 🇪🇺 Economic and Financial Affairs Council today #ECOFIN, with Finance minister Jan Jambon representing 🇧🇪 Belgium.

On the agenda ⇊
➖ Competitiveness and improving business environment
➖ Cooperation in taxation (DAC 9)
➖ Russia’s aggression against #Ukraine
March 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🎙️ "Time is of the essence and it's not the question if we need to invest, the question is how are we going to do it and how are we going to finance it”.

➖ 🇧🇪 Deputy Prime minister in charge of the budget Vincent Van Peteghem about European defence spendings, ahead of the Eurogroup.
March 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Meeting of the 🇪🇺 Home Affairs Council today #JHA.

🇧🇪 is represented by minister for home affairs @BernardQuintin_ and minister for asylum and migration @anneleen_vb.

On the agenda:

‣ Entry/Exit System

‣ Schengen

‣ External dimension of migration

‣ Internal security
March 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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🇺🇦🇪🇺🇧🇪 Belgium and Europe stand as one with Ukraine and the Ukrainians.
February 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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🎙️ "We absolutely need to continue to condemn Russia and to take a new package of sanctions, [and to] reiterate our strong and permanent support to #Ukraine”.

➖ 🇧🇪 Foreign minister Maxime Prévot at the #FAC, on the third anniversary of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
February 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM