Brussels parlementslid - Député bruxellois -Brussels deputy ❤️ @Vooruitbrussels

Brussels, Belgium
Joined October 2014
When I moved to Brussels people shouted at me: ‘we don’t cycle here’. After 15 years of battle it becomes the new normal… 💛🚲 #BrusselsForPeople #BikeForBrussels ➡️ pascalsmet.brussels/en/proje…
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No panels. No podiums. Ten minutes at a table to ask what worked, what failed and what they’d do differently. @Anne_Hidalgo, @KlisovicJosko, @SmetPascal, @FauzayaTalhaoui & @NadiaPellefigue share campaign lessons with our young elected politicians.
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Sur les événements récents de Ceuta et face aux images de chaos, au-delà des slogans répétitifs de l’extrême droite, les exigences du réalisme sont claires : 1/ la diplomatie avec le Maroc, dans un moment de tensions vives ; 2/ la solidarité européenne avec l’Espagne, au lieu des agitations stériles ; 3/ le déploiement des forces de sécurité pour assurer la souveraineté, comme l’a fait le gouvernement Sánchez avec sang-froid. Les résultats sont là, avec 48 000 migrants déjà repartis vers le Maroc, soit près de 80 % des arrivées des derniers jours. Le moment est aussi de penser aux plus de cinquante personnes qui ont péri en mer dans ce moment de désordre. Ne laissons pas l’extrême droite identitaire globale poser les termes du débat. Regardons les réalités en face, même lorsqu’elles sont complexes et douloureuses. Dominique de Villepin
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La solidaridad y la empatía son opcionales. El respeto a los tratados europeos y a los datos, no. 👇🏼 Número de entradas irregulares entre 2021 y 2026 según Frontex: Por Italia: 478.600 Por los Balcanes occidentales: 340.600 Por Grecia: 259.800 Por España: 234.760 Por la frontera oriental: 48.000 No es tiempo de dividir. Es tiempo de seguir construyendo una UE fuerte y unida.
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Europe’s biggest frying pan was never the plan. The original Schuman design included a central canopy for shade, shelter and life. @SmetPascal and @Vooruitbrussels want it built. 👉 Sign the petition : change.org/schumansquarebrus…
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LGBTIQ+ rights are human rights. They are not negotiable. Pascal Smet puts protection from discrimination, hate and violence at the heart of Europe’s equality agenda and backs local authorities working to make those rights real in every community. #CoRplenary
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Petition: for an ambitious, climate adapted Schuman Square, with a central canopy - Sign the Petition! c.org/yywRBy52tS via @Change
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“The socialists face a major challenge: we must not confuse the means with the objective. Regulating Airbnb is a means. Making affordable housing a fundamental right for all must remain the objective.” @SmetPascal #HousingForAll
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✨ Emotional plenary at the @EU_CoR. The Mayor Paweł Adamowicz Award was given to @imamoglu_int, a true defender of democracy. From procurement reform and water resilience to enlargement and child wellbeing : cities and regions keep democracy strong. 🇪🇺💙
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Pascal Smet retweeted
brusselstimes.com/1976116/i-… Belgium is a constitutional democracy governed by the rule of law. No one is above the law, and judicial processes must remain free from political pressure or foreign interference. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to interfere in independent proceedings. We stand with @conner_rousseau in defending Belgium’s democratic institutions and sovereignty.
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Please read this statement from the parents of VA ICU nurse Alexander Pretti, who was murdered yesterday by Border Patrol agents.
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From vision to action. We present our position on the next EU long-term budget, calling for strong cohesion policy, public investment, and a central role for cities and regions in delivering housing and public services. By @SmetPascal, PES Group COTER Coordinator.
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Pascal Smet retweeted
❓How can we redefine the state, public goods and public policies? 🇪🇺🇬🇧At the 11th edition of the Oxford Symposium, the 3rd panel of the day discusses this topic with speakers: 🔺Giacomo Benedetto, Professor and Jean-Monnet-Chair Royal Holloway University of London 🔺Andy Western, MP and Minister for Transformation (DWP) 🔺Maria Jepsen @MariaJepsenEF, Deputy Director of @eurofound 🔺Pascal Smet @SmetPascal, Chair of the Vooruit Parliamentary Group at the Brussels Parliament and Member of the Committee of Regions, Belgium 🔺Dominic Afscharian, PhD, Research Officer at the Zentrum für neue Sozialpolitik @ZSP_Berlin 🔺Joni Smith @Joni_E_Smith, Director, Global Political Engagement, @InstituteGC 🔺François Balate @FrancoisBalate, FEPS Policy Analyst on Social and Academic Coordinator 📕Read @LaszloAndorEU & @FrancoisBalate's chapter in the new book "The Great Unravelling" on reshaping public services and welfare states in Europe 🇪🇺 👉 bit.ly/GreatUnravelling
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Together, more space, more opportunities, more TRACK%0D%0Ahttps://growfunding.be/en/projects/track
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Now we understand the secrecy: from behind the simplification smoke a MONSTER plan emerges to swallow cohesion policy and crack its backbone by nationalising and centralising
Replying to @vonderleyen
Agriculture and cohesion remain at the heart of our budget. They are central pillars of European solidarity and investment. Investing in people, Member States and regions. Safeguarding farmers’ livelihoods. And dedicating strong resources to social policies.
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The Progressive family joins forces in its message to @vonderleyen: ✊cohesion policy has to deliver on both the new challenges and the promotion of social, territorial and economic covergence; ✊keep cohesion policy implementation in the hands of regional authorities, not national capitals; ❌No to « one national plan » per Member State; ❌No to « money against national reform » rule for access to cohesion funds. socialistsanddemocrats.eu/ne…
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We stand with Mayor @bpkaracsonyg to defend and promote LGBTIQ rights! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜 @SmetPascal, Mayor @PhilippeClose and @anais_maes welcome him in Brussels to share best practices on #BrusselsPride. We will be in Budapest on 28 June with a @pes_cor delegation for the Pride!
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