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8 July 2025

Today, the European Parliament is debating the EU’s relationship with China. For Johan Van Overtveldt, Chair of the Budget Committee and coordinator in the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), the time has come for the EU to look at China’s ambitions with open eyes—and with greater …

2 July 2025

Driven by MPs Darya Safai and Kathleen Depoorter, the Belgian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee today unanimously approved a landmark resolution declaring the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization. With this decision, Belgium becomes one of the first countries in …

1 July 2025

If all goes according to plan, the research vessel Belgica II will make its long-awaited comeback after the summer, according to Defence Minister Theo Francken. After months of legal gridlock in the port of Zeebrugge, the Ministry of Defence and BELSPO – Belgium’s Federal Science Policy Office – …

30 June 2025

The federal government has reached an agreement on a capital gains tax on financial profits, as outlined in the Arizona coalition’s policy agreement. The new tax will take effect on January 1, 2026. “We’re asking those with the broadest shoulders to make a fair contribution to help improve the …

27 June 2025

Gilles Verstraeten, leader of the liberal group in the Brussels Parliament, is heading to Budapest this weekend to take part in the Pride march—despite an official ban by the Hungarian authorities. “This is a fundamental fight we must face together, across all ideological divides,” he says. A …

27 June 2025

In a solemn ceremony held in Zeebrugge, the federal government officially handed over the minesweeper Narcis to Ukraine. At the same time, the Netherlands donated its sister ship, Vlaardingen. Together, the two naval vessels form the core of a joint effort to strengthen Ukraine’s navy. Belgian …