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16 Sep 2020
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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“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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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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Jan 25
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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15 Dec 2025
❓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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2 Dec 2025
Together, more space, more opportunities, more TRACK
https://growfunding.be/en/projects/track
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27 Sep 2025
Pascal Smet kritisch voor federale besparingen op winteropvang: ‘Dit blijven wel mensen' bruzz.be/actua/politiek/pasc…
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16 Jul 2025
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
16 Jul 2025
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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2 Jul 2025
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.
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We stand with Mayor @bpkaracsonyg to defend and promote LGBTIQ rights!
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@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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📢 11 concrete steps to fix the housing crisis 🏘️
Progressive leaders, led by Barcelona’s @jaumecollboni, call for urgent action on affordable housing, speculation and homelessness.
👇 Read more ⤵️
euractiv.com/section/politic…
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22 Apr 2025
De stad Brussel is in contact gebracht met Finse investeerders en goeie hoop dat het openluchtzwembad er eindelijk zal komen aan het kanaal in het centrum. Ook dat op abattoir staat nog op de rails.Thx @pooliscool voor de (samen)werk(ing) @PhilippeClose @AnaisMaes @AnsPersoons
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19 Mar 2025
Local democracy & political pluralism are the pillars of a true #democracy. The arrest of @ekrem_imamoglu & opposition mayors is a grave attack on democratic values.
We demand their release & respect for election outcomes! 🇪🇺✊@TBB @PES_CoR @EU_CoR @herkesicinCHP
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🚨 "We condemn the arrest of @ekrem_imamoglu and 100 other people, including local representatives.
'A blow to the will of the nation', as the Mayor of Istanbul said.
We stand with the progressive mayors and all people targeted by Erdoğan's regime." @Luca_Menesini
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22 Nov 2024
Een eerste test voor een toekomstige verlichting van de gevel van het Hotel Solvay. Mooi toch? ✨
Binnenkort worden ook nog de art-nouveaugevels van het Cauchiehuis, het Hortahuis, het Maison Hannon en het Hotel Van Eetvelde stijlvol belicht.
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21 Nov 2024
Le dernier tronçon visant à rendre la Petite ceinture cyclable est terminé ✅🚲
Un rêve devenu réalité !
Merci @SmetPascal & @elkevdbrandt
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