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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 …

Johan Van Overtveldt wants a thorough revision: “The European budget is a grab bag”

4 October 2023

“A thorough revision of the European Multiannual Financial Framework is imperative. It is no longer adapted to the needs and challenges of today, let alone those of tomorrow,” says Johan Van Overtveldt, Chairman of the Budget Committee, in his intervention in the debate during the plenary session …

Half of the repatriated IS women are already at large: “The government is playing with our security”

4 October 2023

Between 2021 and 2022, no fewer than 12 IS women and their 26 children were brought back from Syria to Belgium at the initiative of the De Croo government. Today, it turns out that only half of these women are still in prison full-time. “Minister Van Quickenborne (Open Vld party) thought it was so …

Johan Van Overtveldt: “The digital euro is a solution in search of a problem”

27 September 2023

Several MEPs who sit on the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) are asking the European Central Bank in a letter to wait before introducing the digital euro. “There are still a lot of ambiguities, especially about the added value of the digital currency for the general public,” says …

Record number of new Belgians: The N-VA wants tighter conditions for acquiring nationality