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Members of the
European Parliament
for Belgium
ECSC delegation (1952)
EP delegation (1958)
1st term ( 1979)
2nd term ( 1984)
3rd term ( 1989)
4th term ( 1994)
5th term ( 1999)
6th term ( 2004)
7th term ( 2009)
8th term ( 2014)
9th term ( 2019)

This is a list of the 25 members of the European Parliament for Belgium in the 1999 to 2004 session.

List

Name National party EP Group Constituency Votes
Ward Beysen [1]   Flemish Liberals and Democrats [2]   ELDR (until 10 February 2003)

  NI

Dutch-speaking
Peter Bossu [3] (until 31 December 1999)

Kathleen Van Brempt (from 13 January 2000 until 28 September 2003)

Saïd El Khadraoui (from 7 October 2003)

  Socialist Party   PES Dutch-speaking
Philippe Busquin (until 15 September 1999) [4] Jean-Maurice Dehousse (from 16 September 1999)   Socialist Party   PES French-speaking
Willy De Clercq   Flemish Liberals and Democrats   ELDR Dutch-speaking
Gérard Deprez   Citizens' Movement for Change   EPP–ED French-speaking
Claude Desama (until 5 April 2001)

Olga Zrihen (from 6 April 2001)

  Socialist Party   PES French-speaking
Karel Dillen (until 30 May 2003)

Koenraad Dillen (from 16 June 2003)

  Flemish Bloc   TGI (until 2 October 2001)

  NI

Dutch-speaking
Daniel Ducarme (until 4 June 2003)

Anne André-Léonard (from 16 June 2003)

  Liberal Reformist Party   ELDR French-speaking
Monica Frassoni   Ecolo   G–EFA French-speaking
Mathieu Grosch   Christian Social Party   EPP–ED German-speaking
Michel Hansenne   Christian Social Party   EPP–ED French-speaking
Pierre Jonckheer   Ecolo   G–EFA French-speaking
Paul Lannoye   Ecolo   G–EFA French-speaking
Nelly Maes   People's Union (from 7 January 2002)

  Spirit

  G–EFA Dutch-speaking
Frédérique Ries (until 11 February 2004)

Jacqueline Rousseaux (from 19 February 2004)

  Liberal Reformist Party   ELDR French-speaking
Miet Smet   Christian People's Party   EPP–ED Dutch-speaking
Bart Staes [5]   People's Union (from 7 January 2002)

  Spirit (until 22 September 2002)

  Groen

  G–EFA Dutch-speaking
Dirk Sterckx   Flemish Liberals and Democrats   ELDR Dutch-speaking
Patsy Sörensen   Agalev (until 7 January 2004)

  Independent politician

  G–EFA Dutch-speaking
Freddy Thielemans (until 16 January 2001) [6] Jacques Santkin (from 1 February 2001 until 28 August 2001)

Véronique De Keyser (from 25 September 2001)

  Socialist Party   PES French-speaking
Marianne Thyssen   Christian People's Party   EPP–ED Dutch-speaking
Johan Van Hecke   Christian People's Party (until 30 September 2001)

  Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams (until 26 January 2003)

  Flemish Liberals and Democrats

  EPP–ED (until 17 September 2001)

  ELDR

Dutch-speaking
Anne Van Lancker   Socialist Party   PES Dutch-speaking
Luckas Vander Taelen (until 31 August 2002) [7] Jan Dhaene (from 1 September 2002)   Agalev (until 7 January 2004)

  Social Progressive Alternative

  G–EFA (until 27 January 2004)

  PES

Dutch-speaking
Frank Vanhecke (until 4 June 2003) [8] Philip Claeys (from 16 June 2003)   Flemish Bloc   TGI (until 2 October 2001)

  NI

Dutch-speaking

Party representation

Dutch-speaking electoral college
Party EP Group # of seats ±
  Flemish Liberals and Democrats   ELDR
3 / 14
 Steady
  Christian People's Party   EPP–ED
3 / 14
 Decrease 1
  Flemish Bloc   NI
2 / 14
 Steady
  Socialist Party   PES
2 / 14
 Decrease 1
  People's Union   EPP–ED
2 / 14
 Increase 1
  Agalev   G–EFA
2 / 14
 Increase 1
French-speaking electoral college
Party EP Group # of seats ±
  Liberal Reformist Party – Democratic Front of the Francophones   ELDR
3 / 10
 Steady
  Socialist Party   PES
3 / 10
 Steady
  Ecolo   G–EFA
3 / 10
 Increase 2
  Christian Social Party   EPP–ED
1 / 10
 Decrease 1
German-speaking electoral college
Party EP Group # of seats ±
  Christian Social Party   EPP–ED
1 / 1
 Steady

Notes

  1. ^ Replaced Annemie Neyts (203,386 votes), who stayed a minister in the Brussels government.
  2. ^ Became a member of Liberal Appeal in 2003, and joined the NI.
  3. ^ Replaced Frank Vandenbroucke, who stayed a minister in the federal government.
  4. ^ Became the European Commissioner for Research in the Prodi Commission.
  5. ^ Replaced Bert Anciaux (131,552 votes), who stayed a minister in the Flemish government.
  6. ^ Became the mayor of City of Brussels.
  7. ^ Became an alderman in Elsene ( Brussels).
  8. ^ Became fraction leader of Flemish Bloc in the Senate.
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