European semester – The N-VA’s vision in terms of content

The N-VA is having a very difficult time with the fact that the “regering van lopende zaken” (the departing “current affairs” government, with just 30 of the 88 Flemish seats in the Federal Parliament) is planning to submit a multi-annual budget to the European Commission by no later than the end of April without consulting the largest political party in Flanders/Belgium and even without the intention of asking for approval of the budget in Parliament. This “multi-annual budget” is part of the new “European semester”, which is actually more comprehensive than a mere multi-annual budget.