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EU due diligence requirements are well-intentioned but unachievable and ill-conceived

31 May 2023

The European Union wants to identify and address abuses in production and supply chains, such as child labour and environmental damage. European group chair Geert Bourgeois wholeheartedly supports this objective, but is critical of the implementation of the regulations: unworkable, legally …

A year of compulsory civic integration in Brussels: a false start

30 May 2023

On 1 June, compulsory civic integration in Brussels blows out its first candle. But according to Flemish MP Annabel Tavernier and Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten, there is little to celebrate: “Even before the start, we had serious reservations about the way in which the entire system is put …

The N-VA is calling for an audit of Beliris funds spending

26 May 2023

Federal Minister Karine Lalieux (PS party) received a barrage of questions about Beliris’ decision to suspend the Metro 3 project in Brussels. According to MP Wouter Raskin, the fact that an important mobility project is at risk proves that his long-standing criticism of the improper use of the …

Release of Olivier Vandencasteele: “Iranian blackmail has paid off”

26 May 2023

“It is a very good thing that Olivier Vandecasteele will be released and an end will come to the hell he and his family found themselves in. However, our society is paying a high price for it. That must not happen to us a second time,” says N-VA group leader in the Chamber Peter De Roover with …

Bart De Wever wins the 2023 Pim Fortuyn Prize

25 May 2023

Bart De Wever has won the Pim Fortuyn Prize in the Netherlands. Named after the politician assassinated in 2002, the prize is awarded to “opinion leaders, administrators or politicians who fight for freedom of speech, dare to break taboos and take a stand in the social debate.” The jury found that …

Brussels has no grasp of Turkish interference in mosques

24 May 2023

Flanders has a screening service to monitor whether there is any control and interference from the Turkish government in Diyanet mosques. Brussels has no such service, and according to Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre, this is a problem. “According to Minister-President Vervoort (PS party), the …

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