2000 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II
• Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

  Events

• 10 June to 2 July – Belgium and the Netherlands jointly host the UEFA Euro 2000 football tournament, which is won by France.
• 17 June – 174 fans from England are arrested in Brussels, following an affray with German fans ahead of an England v Germany match.
• 9 September – 44th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Saint-Hubert.

  Publications

• Francis Delpérée, Le droit constitutionnel de la Belgique.

  Births

• 29 December – Eliot Vassamillet, Eurovision singer

  Deaths

• 23 May – Eddy Blondeel, 94, commander of the SAS during WWII
• 9 November – Michel Demaret, 60, politician