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Geert Bourgeois: “European data regulation can and must improve”

14 March 2023

The European Parliament gave the green light to start negotiations with the Commission and the Council on the data regulation. This regulation establishes a framework for data sharing between businesses and between businesses and consumers and public authorities. The N-VA fully supports the …

A stronger role for Flanders in foreign policy

14 March 2023

Flanders wants to adapt the cooperation agreements it concluded on Flemish foreign policy in the 1990s with the EU and international institutions, among others, to the current institutional reality, as Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon stated. Flemish MP Karl Vanlouwe welcomes this news: “This …

The European Parliament’s supplementary pension fund is “offensive and unsustainable”

10 March 2023

The European Parliament has a controversial supplementary pension fund that, although it is being phased out, hangs over the Parliament’s budget like a sword of Damocles, ultimately also affecting the taxpayer. Yesterday, the European Court of Justice ruled on two objections related to the scheme …

Migration deal: “The De Croo government keeps fighting a losing battle”

9 March 2023

After several meetings, the federal government reached an agreement on an asylum deal after the Prime Minister had to take over the file. “But anyone who hoped that the federal government would finally intervene significantly is in for a disappointment,” says MP Theo Francken. The situation has …

Zuhal Demir gets the green light from Europe for the voluntary pig farmers’ buyout scheme

9 March 2023

Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir has developed a voluntary cessation scheme for pig farms in order to achieve an overall reduction of the pig stock and a decrease in ammonia emissions by 2030. The European Commission announced today that it has given the green light for the …

Assita Kanko wants an investigation into and measures against increasing violence against police

7 March 2023

MEP Assita Kanko organised a meeting in the European Parliament today with representatives of police organisations from various European countries on violence against police officers. Kanko wants more investigation into this at the European level. “Police officers must have a voice in Europe.” At …

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