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Waiting almost 12 years for social housing in Brussels

28 January 2022

In Molenbeek, the waiting time for social housing is an astounding 14 years. But the Brussels average doesn’t score much better, according to research by Brussels N-VA MP Mathias Vanden Borre: “That waiting time is now almost 12 years, with outliers of up to 15 years for certain types of homes …

N-VA tough on Brussels government: “Policy of incompetence and inaction”

27 January 2022

The Vervoort III government is halfway through its term. The N-VA in Brussels has produced an interim report that speaks clear language: “The fossilised left-wing government is stuck in a tunnel vision that makes all much-needed reform impossible. Brussels is sinking further, but the Vivaldi …

Theo Francken: “Stay away from Mali, focus on NATO engagement”

25 January 2022

In a debate on the TV programme Terzake, N-VA MP and Belgian delegation leader of the NATO parliament Theo Francken said that the Belgian army must focus on its NATO engagement and the situation in Eastern Europe, and not start a mission in Mali. “Our army can do no more. We must choose,” Theo …

Bart De Wever sets out the main points in his New Year’s message: “It is time to choose. To choose Flanders.”

22 January 2022

“It is time,” Bart De Wever says in his New Year’s message. “Time for Vivaldi to come to an end. Time to choose. Only the choice for confederalism gives Flanders the self-determination to take back control of our future. We must go all out for it.” Bart De Wever delivered his New Year’s message on …

Assita Kanko: “Commission President von der Leyen’s quota proposal is the wrong answer to a real problem”

20 January 2022

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to revive the “Women on Boards Directive” and oblige listed companies to have at least 40% of their boards made up of women. MEP Assita Kanko (N-VA) is not enthusiastic about this legislation. “President von der Leyen’s proposal is the wrong …

Brussels is becoming the hub of international drug crime

19 January 2022

“The latest report of the Brussels Observatory for Prevention and Security for the year 2020 confirms what the N-VA has been denouncing for some time now, namely that Brussels is increasingly becoming a major hub for organised crime,” says Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre. “Organised criminal …

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