President Macron met with Prime Minister Michel at a quadrilateral meeting on European issues with the Prime Ministers of the Benelux countries on 6 September 2018 and made a state visit to Belgium from 19 to 21 November.Our trade is intense and Belgium represented 6.8% of both French imports and exports in 2017 (€68.8 billion). U.S.-BELGIUM RELATIONS. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/views/user/popup_modal.php
The last bilateral official visits by French Presidents to Belgium date back to 1983 (President Mitterrand) and 1997 (President Chirac). If hydrocarbons are excluded, France has a trade surplus of approximately €2.2 billion with Belgium.Exports to Belgium stood at €32.1 billion in 2017 (the leading destination for French companies’ exports) and primarily concerned the automobile and pharmaceutical sectors. A declaration on enhanced cooperation in the areas of economic development, competitiveness and innovation, health, tourism, culture and cooperation with third countries was signed in 2012 between Wallonia in Belgium and Champagne-Ardenne in France.Police and customs cooperation between France and Belgium is based on an agreement signed on 5 March 2001 creating a Police and Customs Co-operation Centre (PCCC) in Tournai. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/views/page/index.php Both nations are members of NATO and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and both were founding members of the European Union. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/index.phpDiplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Belgium and the French Republic French-Belgian relations are particularly close and smooth due to geographical proximity, historical and cultural factors (40% of Belgians are French speakers), the two countries’ closely intertwined economies and often converging analyses. Relations were established after the independence of Belgium.
Belgium–France relations refer to interstate relations between Belgium and France.Relations were established after the independence of Belgium.
Relations were established after the independence of Belgium. Both nations are great allies. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/controllers/Main.php File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/index.php A new agreement was signed by the Belgian and French Interior Ministers on 18 March 2013 in order to grant joint police patrols increased powers (joint patrols, and powers of arrest in the territory of the other party).In the hospital sector, following the 2005 framework agreement signed in Mouscron, cross-border access to hospitals in the region has been established. The Dutch government, although humiliated by a demand that it present its case before the peace conference at Versailles, successfully resisted any amputation of its territory.… Despite these strong results, France’s market share in Belgium (9.5 % in 2017, 9.6 % in 2016, 10.6 % in 2013 and 10.5 % in 2012) has been in steady decline for the past ten years, while the market shares of Germany and the Netherlands are increasing.French companies have a strong presence in Belgium and hold prominent positions in the fields of energy, transport equipment, finance, retail and telecommunications, and growth potential still exists for them, particularly in the agrifood sector (Belgium is one of the target countries of the Ubifrance-supported “healthier eating” campaign). File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/views/page/index.php This cooperation, however, is not obvious due to the lack of a genuine institutional forum for discussions on cross-border cooperation.Through its Cohesion Policy, the European Union plays an essential role in the development of cross-border cooperation (the Interreg V programme will provide €170 million for the period 2014-2020).
Belgium is France’s fifth-largest customer and we are its third-largest supplier. Belgium–France relations refer to interstate relations between Belgium and France. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/views/user/popup_harry_book.php File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/views/user/popup_modal.php France and Belgium were two of the founder members of the predecessors of the European Union. More information about Belgium is available on the Belgium Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet.
In Brussels, the Bruxelles Europe Alliance Française provides French lessons, with particular focus on training European civil servants and diplomats based in the city.With a 620km shared border, 25,000 French residents who travel to work in Belgium every day, and 5,000 Belgian residents working in France, there is intensive and long-standing cross-border cooperation between French and Belgian regions. M. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister of State attached to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, is hosting a meeting today with Mr Pierre-Yves Jeholet, Minister-President of the Brussels-Wallonia Federation. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/index.phpAre you sure you want to cancel your membership with us?
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde also visited Paris on 6 February 2014, for their first visit outside the Benelux countries. Prime Minister Philippe visited Brussels on 19 October 2017 for a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Michel and received him on 11 June 2018 for a bilateral meeting in Paris on security and counterterrorism. File: /home/bq60o9f5vzd9/public_html/wikizero.com/application/views/page/index.php