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The N-VA wants strict rules for local Brussels politicians’ fringe benefits

17 October 2023

A PS party alderman in Sint-Joost-ten-Node was recently found to have used her fixed allowance of approximately EUR 1,800 to purchase cigarettes, fast food meals, lingerie and four iPhones (!), among other things. In the strictest sense, this wasn’t even illegal. “The legal framework is inadequate …

“Future generations will bear the consequences of Brussels policy for a long time to come”

16 October 2023

“Future governments and generations will bear the consequences of the Vervoort III government for a long time to come,” says Brussels N-VA group chair Cieltje Van Achter in response to the budget agreement that the Brussels government reached. This “agreement” is pushing the Brussels government …

“Belgium is a luxury we can no longer afford”

13 October 2023

Federal group chairman Peter De Roover was clear in his response to Prime Minister De Croo’s State of the Union address: this Vivaldi government will not undertake anything new in the coming year, while all the much-needed reforms have been put on hold. “This Vivaldi coalition government has caused …

Zuhal Demir wants Belgium to send as limited a delegation as possible to the “climate puppet show”

11 October 2023

Flemish Minister for the Environment Zuhal Demir already announced last year that she would not attend the climate summit that will take place in the United Arab Emirates at the end of November. In a letter to her fellow ministers from other governments in our country, she requests that the Belgian …

Theo Francken was elected Vice-President of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly

9 October 2023

MP and our country’s head of our delegation, Theo Francken, was elected a Vice-President during the annual meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen. He has been a member of the Chamber since 2010. This is the first time in 73 years that a Fleming is taking up this position. “It is a …

The European Parliament shows its teeth about Nagorno-Karabakh

6 October 2023

The European Parliament wants a complete review of EU-Azerbaijan relations. A parliamentary resolution describes the country as an unreliable partner and calls for the energy deal to be reconsidered. It is a response to the recent attack on Nagorno-Karabakh and the alarming human rights situation …

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