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Thank you, Theo: record number of refugees lose recognition after holiday in “unsafe” home country

19 August 2019

In 2018, the protection status of 217 refugees was withdrawn. That’s a record. They are refugees who are seen as a danger to society or who travelled back to their country of origin. The increase is thanks to the resolute policy of former Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken …

Brussels coalition agreement is old wine in old bottles

19 July 2019

Brussels has a new coalition agreement. N-VA group leader Cieltje Van Achter is extremely disappointed: “It is not new wine in old bottles, but old wine in old bottles. Daring and decisiveness are nowhere to be seen.” On 26 May, the voter voted - certainly in Flanders - for decisiveness and change …

N-VA links budget support to stricter asylum policies and savings

10 July 2019

Nouvelle augmentation des salaires nets en janvier grâce au tax shift

The N-VA voted in the Chamber against the provisional budget for the next three months. It is making its support for that budget conditional. “We do not want new policies to be financed through the back door”, the N-VA group in the Chamber emphasises. “The rest of the government must make clear …

Johan Van Overtveldt unanimously elected chairman of the European Budget Committee

10 July 2019

Former Minister of Finance and current Member of the European Parliament Johan Van Overtveldt was unanimously elected as chairman of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament on Wednesday. As chairman of the Committee, Van Overtveldt can get to work immediately at a crucial time in the EU’s …

Thousands of Catalans protest in Strasbourg against the sidelining of democracy

2 July 2019

Thousands of Catalans and sympathisers gathered in Strasbourg for a protest action outside the European Parliament during its opening session. They condemn the fact that the three elected Catalan MEPs Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comin and Oriol Junqueras cannot take up their mandate due to actions of …

Geert Bourgeois welcomes the trade agreement between the European Union and South American countries