Pascal Smet

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/project/cyc…

✨ 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. 🇪🇺💙

brusselstimes.com/1976116/i-will… 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.

nytimes.com/2026/02/17/opi… via @NYTOpinion

Please read this statement from the parents of VA ICU nurse Alexander Pretti, who was murdered yesterday by Border Patrol agents.

@CarolinaDarias @TheProgressives @PSOECanarias @PES_PSE @FernandoSMEU 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.

❓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/GreatUnravelli…

Together, more space, more opportunities, more TRACK%0D%0Ahttps://growfunding.be/en/projects/track

Pascal Smet kritisch voor federale besparingen op winteropvang: ‘Dit blijven wel mensen' bruzz.be/actua/politiek…

@GLBouchez Peut-être accepter une fois son invitation de la rencontrer et constater que c’est une femme ouverte, tolérant et qui a choisi de porter un foulard. Jamais objectiver sur base d’un symbole. Et voir tout le contexte. Sa réplique est une réponse à une attaque. Soyez libéral!

🤯 Voilà la notion de vivre ensemble selon la gauche… 🌹 Cette dame c’est Saliha Raiss, élue sur une liste PS Vooruit, échevine à #Molenbeek. 🗣️ Et elle explique, avec ce rire forcé, nerveux et arrogant que si vous êtes en faveur l’interdiction des signes convictionnels dans l’administration, vous « n’avez qu’à dégager ». 😤 Elle impose donc une nouvelle norme culturelle, une négation de la neutralité de l’Etat et dis à ceux qui veulent faire respecter le modèle de vivre ensemble de notre Pays qu’ils peuvent dégager s’ils ne sont pas contents. ❓Où est le racisme dans ce cas ? Le @PSofficiel soutient ils ces propos ? ❌ Ce communautarisme doit cesser ! #PresidenceMR #fierdetreliberal #LAvenirSEclaire

New EU Budget: Europe’s regions betrayed pes.cor.europa.eu/article/new-eu…

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

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/newsroom/progr…

@prevotmaxime beter ook duidelijk oproepen dat Hongarije Belgen en andere deelnemers aan de pride die vrij willen zijn met rust moet laten. En dat onze ambassadeur er ook zal zijn. Ik zal sowieso met PES delegatie gaan! vrtnws.be/p.qEYp0PAk0

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!

📢 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/politi… #HousingForAll

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

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

🚨 "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

@Leondegraaf7 Dans le project lebeau il y auras un parking de 199 places ouvert aux publique . Le réaménagement peut se faire avec le consentement t même des commerçants

Imaginez #Sablon avec un parking souterrain, afin qu'il puisse avoir un véritable parc au milieu. #Bruxelles #Brussel