Marc Cools started his political career at the local level in 1990 in the same city as today: Uccle (Brussels region). He went on to create his own political party in 2018 to run in municipal elections, “En avant Uccle” and sits now in the city council. As part of his mandate, and even before, he has been fighting for greater transparency in local administrations, especially regarding allocation and use of citizens’ money. It is one of the reasons the Congress chose him to be a rapporteur on the fight against corruption. He is also involved, as an elected representative, in the fight against climate change.