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“Belgium is piling up diplomatic blunders”

11 January 2024

N-VA federal group chairman Peter De Roover is highly critical of the demand by the left-wing majority parties and the CD&V party to conduct an international investigation into the risk of genocide by Israel in the Gaza Strip. According to De Roover, only electoral motives are involved and Belgium …

The N-VA wants to open the Heysel Palaces to the homeless during the freezing cold

10 January 2024

Every year, the Brussels government is surprised that temperatures can drop to freezing or below in winter and has to come up with emergency solutions, such as temporary shelter in the Brussels South railway station, which are not sufficient to accommodate every homeless person. Brussels MP Gilles …

The N-VA demands access to the decisions of the Conference of Brussels Mayors

8 January 2024

Every two weeks, all 19 French-speaking Brussels mayors meet in the Conference of Brussels Mayors. However, exactly what is discussed and decided there usually remains behind closed doors. Officially, this is because the Conference “is not an official Brussels body”. “It’s total nonsense,” say …

Theo Francken and Assita Kanko: “The current European Pact on Migration and Asylum is unworkable”

20 December 2023

In a joint statement, former State Secretary Theo Francken and MEP Assita Kanko express their concern about the European Pact on Migration and Asylum on which the European Parliament and the Member States recently reached an agreement. They point out fundamental shortcomings: “The basic philosophy …

The N-VA proposes the “Language in Hospitals” action plan

19 December 2023

MPs Gilles Verstraeten (Brussels), Annabel Tavernier (Flanders) and Sigrid Goethals (federal parliament) have drawn up an action plan on language in Brussels hospitals. The tragic incident of the death of baby Cisse from Roosdaal in a Brussels hospital is the straw that broke the camel’s back for …

MEP Assita Kanko receives the Oriana Fallaci Prize