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The Consultative Committee took note of the fact that the coronas situation in our countries is rapidly deteriorating with overburdening of the healthcare system, loss of healthcare staff and delay in patient care. Therefore, the Consultative Committee has decided on a new winter package with measures to reduce the number of contacts.

The Prime Ministers of Belgium and Luxembourg today reaffirmed the intense cooperation between Belgium and Luxembourg at the Château of Val-Duchesse. They did so on the occasion of a meeting to mark the 100th anniversary of the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union. The Prime Ministers of both states were also present, as were the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance.

On Armistice Day, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo paid tribute to the many victims of the First World War at the Menin Gate in Ypres.

Audi Brussels will soon get the opportunity to manufacture the new Q8 e-tron. This announcement was made during a working visit by Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to the factory in Forest, on the occasion of the production of the 8 millionth car.

Today, Prime Minister Alexander De Croo met with Mr Mathias Cormann, the new OECD Secretary-General. They discussed, among other things, the economic recovery after COVID-19.

You can read the full address held by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo at the UN Climate Conference COP26 in Glasgow here.

Opening address of the Prime Minister during the Opening Ceremony of the College of Europe in Bruges.

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo delivers the Opening Address at the Official Opening Ceremony of the College of Europe (Bruges Campus). 

On Tuesday, representatives of the Belgian government, academia and the health and biotech industry signed at the initiative of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo a joint charter on Tuesday pledging to (further) strengthen Belgium's position in biopharma R&D and production. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was also present.

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