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Geert Bourgeois calls for expansion of the EU Recovery Fund: “Solidarity with the South? Then regarding Brexit too.”

15 June 2020
Brexit

“From day one, it was clear that Brexit in any form is disastrous for our Flemish economy.” MEP Geert Bourgeois is calling for the expansion of the EU’s recovery programme for Member States and federal states that will be severely affected by Brexit on top of the coronavirus crisis. “It would be …

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Falling export figures confirm it: the coronavirus crisis is hurting Flanders

15 June 2020
Jan Jambon

Down 7.5%. This is (so far) the impact of the coronavirus on the Flemish export figures in March this year. Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon is making international trade one of the key issues in the recovery plan that the Flemish Government is preparing. At the same time, he wants to protect …

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Leopold II is part of the uncomfortable truth of who we are. We can’t erase him

13 June 2020
Assita Kanko

“As a black woman, I have never been defined by words like diversity, inclusion and quotas. I am not the product of inadequate government policy, historical ignorance or online hate. I am the product of my own hard work and ambition, and my parents’ belief that the sky was the limit,” says Member …

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Minister-President Vervoort lied and Brussels Mayor Close is incompetent

12 June 2020

“We have reached a new low today. Our Brussels government consists of a lying Minister-President and government members who do not comply with the coronavirus measures they themselves agreed to. What confidence can we still have in our political ‘leaders’?” Brussels N-VA group leader Cieltje Van …

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Mathias Vanden Borre is calling for an investigation into the role of Mayor Close in demonstration that got out of hand

10 June 2020

“It is not only incomprehensible that a demonstration was allowed in these times of coronavirus, but also that rioters looted shops, threw street furniture around and wounded dozens of police officers. An investigation is absolutely necessary.” Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre is calling for an …

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Europe-Vietnam Trade Agreement offers opportunities for Flemish SMEs

8 June 2020
Europa Vietnam

The Vietnamese Parliament has given the green light for a new trade and investment agreement with the European Union. MEP Geert Bourgeois responds with satisfaction. “In view of Brexit, new trade agreements are very welcome. The trade agreement with Vietnam will enter into force as early as August, …

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