Topic: Louis Michel
Quotes
Despite the improving political climate, most movement restrictions for people and goods remain in place
EU gives $30 million in aid to Palestine May 10, 2005
I am looking forward to meeting Mr. Wolfowitz in Brussels to listen to his ideas on development, the main challenges ahead and his vision for the World Bank as a major actor
EU invites Wolfowitz to Brussels Mar 18, 2005
European taxpayers have the right to know how their money is being spent, how we help the developing countries, how we are fighting against poverty and infectious diseases and what we are doing to promote good governance, democracy and fundamental rights
EU citizens unaware of Millennium Goals Feb 25, 2005
As one of the world's richest and most powerful trading blocks, it is unacceptable that EU countries' aid, debt relief and trade policies are so far away from what is required to make poverty history
Can EU aid help end poverty by 2015? Feb 15, 2005
If we are serious about the millennium goals, it is time now to deliver on those goals
Can EU aid help end poverty by 2015? Feb 15, 2005
Louis H. O. Ch. Michel (born 2 September 1947) is a Belgian Member of European Parliament. Before that, he served as European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid until July 2009. A prominent member of the French-speaking liberal party, the Mouvement Réformateur, he was Belgium's foreign minister until July 2004.
From 1968 to 1978, before dedicating his life to his political career, Louis Michel taught English, Dutch and German in the Provincial School of Jodoigne, a rural town 25 miles from Brussels.
From 1967 to 1977, he was chairman of the Young Liberals in the district of Nivelles. Then he became alderman in Jodoigne from 1977 to 1983, "secretary-general" of the Parti Réformateur Libéral (PRL) political party from 1980 to 1982 and chairman of the PRL from 1982 to 1990 and from 1995 to 1999.
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