Diplomat 🇧🇪🇪🇺 | Lecturer @SolvayEDU | Associate Fellow @EgmontInstitute | TILN Fellow @gmfus
Joined August 2013
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
3 Jun 2024
⏮️In case you missed it, new publication by
@bodsonEU & @DenDoovenWard last week @EgmontInstitute
Belgium: “The Third Election”
bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
31 May 2024
🧵(6/6) It would appear that the pro-EU stance of the current federal government will therefore not result in electoral gains in June 2024, an unfortunate final note to a so far successful Presidency of the Council 🇧🇪@bodsonEU @DenDoovenWard bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
31 May 2024
🧵(5/6) Belgians aged 16 will have the right/obligation to vote in the EU election for the first time. Belgium joins the small club of member states that allow their citizens to vote from the age of 16/17 Austria Germany Malta Greece 🇧🇪@bodsonEU @DenDoovenWard bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
31 May 2024
🧵(4/6) 75% of Belgians indicated that they were likely to vote, slightly above the EU average (71%). Taking into consideration that voting is mandatory in Belgium, this number is not that high 🇧🇪@bodsonEU @DenDoovenWard bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
31 May 2024
🧵(3/6) A mega election campaign pushes political parties to prioritise where their money should be spent. As parties perceive marginal gain in the European elections they tend to naturally prioritise the federal & regional ballots🇧🇪@bodsonEU @DenDoovenWard bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
31 May 2024
🧵(2/6) While holding the elections for the respective assemblies on the same day has a practical advantage, it reduces the capacity to identify which level of power is competent for which matter 🇧🇪@bodsonEU @DenDoovenWard bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
31 May 2024
🗎 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗬
🧵(1/6) The Belgians will head to the polls to cast their votes in 3 elections: regional, federal & European. Although Belgium is holding the Presidency of the Council for the 13th time the European election is gaining the least traction🇧🇪@bodsonEU @DenDoovenWard
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲👉bit.ly/3yDYUUx
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30 May 2024
Happy to have written the Belgian 🇧🇪 chapter, together with @DenDoovenWard ! 🗳️ #EUelections @EgmontInstitute
“European elections 2024. A turning point for EU integration?”, in view of the EU elections, this new #CIDOBMonograph analyses the impact of the elections on the political agenda and describes the electoral outlook in various member states #9J #CERV
🔗bit.ly/CIDOBMonograph_EUelec…
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
25 May 2024
@bodsonEU and @DenDoovenWard from @EgmontInstitute write on the implications of celebrating the elections to the European Parliament the same day as federal and regional elections in Belgium. cidob.org/articulos/monograf…
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
24 Apr 2024
🗓️Jeudi 25 avril 🕰️19h30 📍 MONT 01
Conférence sur la présidence de la Belgique au Conseil de l’UE !
Avec la participation de :
@bodsonEU et Ambre Offermans
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
12 Mar 2024
🇨🇭🇪🇺 Switzerland is a very important partner for the EU.
Today we adopted the negotiation mandate authorising @EU_Commission to start negotiations for our future relationship with 🇨🇭.
🎯Our goal: a broad package of measures to achieve the full potential of our relations.
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
12 Dec 2023
I welcome the end of negotiations for an Association Agreement with Andorra & San Marino.
It will enshrine our privileged relationship.
#Andorra & #SanMarino are located in the heart of Europe. They will now be closer members of the EU family than ever.
europa.eu/!FXxM7x
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
7 Dec 2023
🇧🇪🇪🇺 Livestream kick-off event #EU2024BE
🔴 Join us tomorrow morning at 10:30 for the unveiling of the programme and the priorities of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union by Prime Minister @AlexanderDeCroo and Minister of Foreign Affairs @HadjaLahbib.
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
9 Sep 2023
🇲🇦 #Marokko
Het crisiscentrum van Buitenlandse Zaken heeft een noodnummer geopend voor Belgen en hun familie ter plaatse die bijstand nodig hebben.
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ALT Aardbeving in Marokko: tekst en noodnummer
9 Sep 2023
Onze gedachten zijn bij het Marokkaanse volk na de aardbeving van gisteravond. De banden die België en Marokko verenigen, worden nog sterker in tijden van beproeving. We staan klaar om te helpen. 🇧🇪🇲🇦
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
9 Sep 2023
🇲🇦 #Maroc
Le centre de crise des Affaires étrangères met à disposition des Belges et de leurs proches sur place un numéro d’appel d’urgence pour assistance.
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ALT Tremblement de terre au Maroc : texte et numéro de téléphone
9 Sep 2023
Nous pensons et sommes aux côtés du peuple marocain suite au tremblement de terre de cette nuit. Les liens qui unissent la Belgique et le Maroc se renforcent aussi dans les épreuves. Nous sommes prêts à nous mobiliser. 🇧🇪🇲🇦
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
14 Aug 2023
World Champion 🌈🤩
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
1 Aug 2023
#WorldBelgianFriesDay🍟
With the 77th session of the 🇺🇳 General Assembly still in full swing this summer, we are introducing an important 🇧🇪 draft resolution👇open for cosponsoring!
(Just kidding 😉 but can we all agree that Belgian fries are the best in the world? 🤤)
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
24 Jun 2023
🚺 On this International Day of #WomeninDiplomacy, we recognise and celebrate the ways in which women are breaking barriers and making a difference in the field of diplomacy.
That is why we asked 5 colleagues working in 🇧🇪diplomacy to highlight one of their biggest achievements.
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
1 Jun 2023
📚For #EuropeDay, several colleagues from the PermRep visited schools in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels, to engage with 16-18 year-olds on Europe.
💡An important initiative given that in 2024, 16 will be able to vote in 🇪🇺 elections for the first time in 🇧🇪🗳️
@BelgiumMFA
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Benjamin Bodson retweeted
17 May 2023
#LoveIsLove 🏳️🌈!
That's the simple, clear & pure message that we carry out today & every other day of the year. Because we @BelgiumEU will always stand together in celebrating diversity & acceptance of #LGBTIQ .
Because you deserve to be who you are.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎
#IDAHOT
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