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Explosive growth in homelessness due to failed Brussels policy

13 July 2023

In November 2022, Bruss’Help found there were 7,134 homeless people in Brussels. That is almost 20% more than in 2020 and a fourfold increase since the first count in 2008. “The new figures confirm what we feared,” says Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten. “And this is still an underestimate, which …

The N-VA approves the improved Nature Restoration Law

12 July 2023

The N-VA supports the preservation of biodiversity and our natural areas and is pleased that the European Parliament has thoroughly revised Commissioner Timmermans’ unacceptable proposal. “That was a typical top-down proposal with coercive obligations of result that, moreover, did not take into …

The opposition is being silenced: No debate on opening up Laeken Park

12 July 2023

The Brussels Parliament’s Environment Committee met to set the agenda for the autumn. None of the opposition’s 11 legislative initiatives are to be discussed by the Brussels majority parties. A resolution by the N-VA on the opening up of Laeken Park has been banned from the agenda for six years as …

Belgium is becoming a pariah in NATO

6 July 2023

The Parliamentary Committee for Defence debated with the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs about the NATO summit in Vilnius next week. The Prime Minister is going to that summit with virtually the smallest defence budget of the entire alliance. Theo Francken: “Every …

Compulsory community service for the long-term unemployed still taboo in Brussels

5 July 2023

On 1 January 2023, the Flemish government introduced compulsory community service to engage long-term unemployed people who have been without a job for more than two years in socially relevant tasks. The N-VA’s resolution to introduce the system in Brussels as well was voted down. Even Open Vld, …

Theo Francken: “Belgium is once again a Valhalla for mass migration”

4 July 2023

The Immigration Office (DVZ) has published its annual report for 2022. The figures show that Belgium is and remains a real magnet for migration, including through family reunification. On top of that, it appears that the return figures continue to be dramatically low. “Appalling,” says MP Theo …

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