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Assita Kanko writes a letter to High Representative Josep Borrell: “The EU must do everything it can to save Ahmadreza Djalali”

25 November 2020
Assita Kanko

MEP Assita Kanko wrote a letter to High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. In it, she calls for pressure to be put on Iran to save the life of Iranian-Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali. Dozens of MEPs signed the letter. “The EU must do everything it can to save …

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Flemish Parliament makes a new appeal to Iran: “Release Professor Ahmadreza Djalali immediately!”

25 November 2020

The Flemish Parliament approved a new resolution calling on Iran to allow VUB guest professor Ahmadreza Djalali to live. Professor Ahmadreza Djalali has been detained on suspicion of espionage since 2016. He was sentenced to death. This week he received the news that it will be carried out soon …

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A huge budget increase for asylum reception is irresponsible

25 November 2020
Theo Francken co-launches European Border and Coast Guard

“This huge budget increase cannot be justified by the asylum figures.” One of the most striking trends in the federal budget for 2021 is the huge budget increase for the reception of asylum seekers. At EUR 427 million, the initial operating budget is no less than EUR 138 million higher than in 2018 …

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European Commission’s Data Governance Act comes not a day too soon

25 November 2020
Geert Bourgeois

The European Commission has put forward a proposal for a European Data Governance Act. The objective is to forge a framework in which data can be shared securely. This should significantly improve the availability and use (and reuse) of data in the EU. “It is absolutely welcome that the EU is …

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Assita Kanko wants the European integration plan to call political Islam by that name

24 November 2020

MEP Assita Kanko is reacting with concern to the action plan for integration and inclusion proposed by European Commissioners Schinas and Johansson on Wednesday. The plan makes no mention of political Islam. “Today, many European countries have a problem with Islamism and radicalisation. How can we …

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Bart De Wever offers alternative majority against nuclear phase-out: “They’re plunging us into total uncertainty.”

21 November 2020
Bart De Wever

“They’re plunging us into total uncertainty in a region that is heavily industrialised and for which energy is crucial.” In an interview on Radio 1, Bart De Wever explained again why the planned nuclear phase-out in 2025 is irresponsible. “Now we are being dragged into the abyss by the greens. I …

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