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List of members of the European Parliament for Belgium, 1999–2004

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Members of the
European Parliament
for Belgium
ECSC delegation (1952)
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)
10th term (2024)
Women

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

List

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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

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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

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  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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