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N-VA bill for civic integration and language acquisition in the country of origin for candidate migrants voted down

28 September 2021

Although several European Member States have been using this practice for years, and the Flemish Government also advocates it, the bill was voted down by the Vivaldi parties and PVDA-PTB. “Belgium is just about the laxest Member State of the entire European class when it comes to preparing …

The flagrant violation of language legislation is just another daily event for the Brussels government

23 September 2021

Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten questioned Minister Maron in the Committee on Health and assistance to citizens about the flagrant violation of language legislation in Brussels. “Language discrimination gets no attention at all from this government, which nevertheless preaches about combating …

The not so smart SmartMove by Brussels: EUR 68 million for a kilometre based charge not coming any time soon

21 September 2021

“The Brussels Parliament’s kilometre charge is the perfect example of the incompetence of this Brussels Parliament.” Cieltje Van Achter, N-VA group chair in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, does not understand why the Brussels government is pumping EUR 68 million into what she calls a …

Why Zuhal Demir is refusing the environmental permit for a gas-fired power station in Dilsen-Stokkem

17 September 2021

“You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realise that there are better ideas than a big polluting gas-fired power station within walking distance of top European nature.” Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir is refusing the environmental permit for the construction of a gas-fired power …

Assita Kanko gets things done: a large majority approves the European Blue Card

16 September 2021

Nouveau système d’enregistrement européen pour les voyageurs entrants

Highly educated workers will be able to work and live in the EU more easily in the future. No fewer than 556 of the 705 MEPs approved the European Blue Card on Wednesday. MEP Assita Kanko participated in the negotiations on the European Blue Card as a shadow rapporteur. “I am proud as a legislator …

Our European Parliament members comment on Ursula von der Leyen’s speech: “The right emphasis on resilience, however...”

15 September 2021

President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen rightly put the emphasis at the opening of the new parliamentary year on the resilience the EU must demonstrate after the pandemic. At the same time, MEPs Geert Bourgeois, Johan Van Overtveldt and Assita Kanko have reservations about the intentions …

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