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Release of Olivier Vandencasteele: “Iranian blackmail has paid off”

26 May 2023

“It is a very good thing that Olivier Vandecasteele will be released and an end will come to the hell he and his family found themselves in. However, our society is paying a high price for it. That must not happen to us a second time,” says N-VA group leader in the Chamber Peter De Roover with …

Bart De Wever wins the 2023 Pim Fortuyn Prize

25 May 2023

Bart De Wever has won the Pim Fortuyn Prize in the Netherlands. Named after the politician assassinated in 2002, the prize is awarded to “opinion leaders, administrators or politicians who fight for freedom of speech, dare to break taboos and take a stand in the social debate.” The jury found that …

Brussels has no grasp of Turkish interference in mosques

24 May 2023

Flanders has a screening service to monitor whether there is any control and interference from the Turkish government in Diyanet mosques. Brussels has no such service, and according to Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre, this is a problem. “According to Minister-President Vervoort (PS party), the …

Few Ukrainian refugees working due to the overly generous benefit policy

24 May 2023

In the Netherlands, almost 80% of Ukrainian refugees of working age are employed, half of them through a temporary employment agency. On the other hand, that figure is abnormally low for Belgium. Barely a quarter of the 65,000 Ukrainian refugees have worked in the past year. What is the cause of …

Johan Van Overtveldt: “The European pension fund deficit must not disadvantage the taxpayer”

23 May 2023

The European Parliament is taking measures to limit the budget of the Parliament’s supplementary pension fund. “It’s a step in the right direction, but not enough,” says Johan Van Overtveldt, chairman of the EU Budget Committee. In recent years, he has repeatedly warned of the financial …

Demir on the federal reversal in the Nature Restoration Law: “De Croo must question the entire European climate policy”