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Insurer MS Amlin is also coming to Brussels

28 June 2017

MS Amlin, a lead insurer of the business market, is also setting up a European subsidiary in Brussels following Brexit. “We are especially pleased that we can now welcome a third major name to Brussels so soon after Lloyd’s and QBE,” Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt says. MS Amlin belongs …

Flanders gets rid of unsedated slaughter

28 June 2017

Approval by the Flemish Parliament was virtually unanimous for a decree that will get rid of unsedated slaughter by 2019. This historic step toward extending and improving animal welfare has now been firmly established by decree. The slaughterhouses have 18 months’ time to prepare their staff and …

European Central Bank is overstepping its remit

27 June 2017

The ultra-loose interest policy of the European Central Bank (ECB) is having a nefarious effect on the savings of Flemish families. This emerged during the second Leergeld.EU seminar, an initiative by MEP Sander Loones, aiming to teach the citizen exactly what happens with his or her money. “The …

120 administrative simplification measures

23 June 2017

Tasked with Administrative Simplification, State Secretary Theo Francken is looking to simplify the life of small and medium-sized enterprises. Together with Minister for the Middle Class, Self-employed and SMEs, Willy Borsus (MR), he has proposed an ambitious, far-reaching plan intended to reduce …

Anneleen Van Bossuyt elected chairman of influential EU Committee

21 June 2017

ECR Member of the European Parliament Anneleen Van Bossuyt has been elected chairman of the influential Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). “I will do my upmost to help further develop the European single market and continue our group’s work on consumer protection”, a …

Inheritance law reform: inheritance allocation while benefactor still living

20 June 2017

The Parliamentary Committee for Justice has approved a far-reaching modernisation of the inheritance law. With this development, another important part of the coalition agreement is being achieved. A bill drawn up by the N-VA relating to the inheritance agreement was also included in the latter …

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