Ivo Belet

Ivo Belet
Member of the European Parliament
Assumed office
20 July 2004
Personal details
Born (1959-06-07) 7 June 1959
Sint-Truiden
Nationality Belgian
Political party Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V)
Website www.ivobelet.be

Ivo Maria Robert Belet (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈivoː bəˈlɛt]; born on 7 June 1959 in Sint-Truiden), is a Belgian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the CD&V, part of the European People's Party. He is a former news anchor of VRT, the Flemish public broadcaster.

Education and early career

Member of the European Parliament, 2004–present

Since becoming a Member of the European Parliament in the 2004 European elections, Belet has served on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (2004-2006, 2009-2014), the Committee on Culture and Education (2006-2009) and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (since 2014). From 2008 until 2009, he was a member of the Temporary Committee on Climate Change. Since 2017, he has also been serving on the Special Committee on Terrorism, a temporary body to address the practical and legislative deficiencies in the fight against terrorism across the EU.

Belet is a substitute for the Committee on Transport and Tourism. He is also a member of the delegation for relations with India. In addition to his committee assignments, he serves as a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights.[1]

Political positions

In May 2011, as rapporteur on the future of professional football, with Syed Kamall, Chairman of the Parliamentary Sports Intergroup, he called for a reform of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association: "FIFA is facing a series of corruption scandals, dragging professional football through the mud. It is time for a big clean-up. We, in the European Parliament, therefore support a thorough reform of FIFA. A transparent and independent committee needs to lead an enquiry into the malpractices".[2]

See also: European Parliament election, 2004 (Belgium)

References

  1. ↑ Members of the European Parliament Intergroup on Children’s Rights European Parliament.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Jamie; Ingle, Sean (31 May 2011). "FIFA in crisis". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
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