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Flanders has the best renovation strategy in Europe after Spain

24 September 2020

Flanders and Finland are just behind Spain in having Europe’s best long-term renovation strategy. That is what Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), the independent European study centre on the energy efficiency of buildings, says in a new report. While Flanders scores 3.3 out of 5, the …

The Brexit fund of 5 billion euros is not enough

21 September 2020

“In the interest of Flanders, we must avoid Brexit ending in a nasty divorce: that is why a deal has to be made. And a Brexit fund made available of more than the 5 billion euros currently earmarked.” That was the message the N-VA gave to European Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday during …

Flemish Industry Forum aims to make Flanders into a leading European industrial region

18 September 2020

On Friday 18 September 2020, the first meeting of the Flemish Industry Forum took place in the offices of Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon. Besides Jan Jambon, who presided over the meeting, and co-chair Minister Hilde Crevits, Ministers Bart Somers, Ben Weyts and Zuhal Demir as well as …

Where’s Rudi? The N-VA’s scathing analysis of the policy in Brussels

18 September 2020

Where’s Rudi? In a six-page document, the N-VA group in the Brussels Parliament sums up the sticking points of the Vervoort III Brussels government. It contains one constantly recurring theme: the absence of Minister-President Rudi Vervoort and of any form of effective policy. “It is still unclear …

Gilles Verstraeten wants better coronavirus monitoring in Brussels: “Why don’t we set up a test village like in Antwerp?”

15 September 2020

Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten calls for a corona test village in Brussels. “A test village appears to be hugely effective in taking the burden off GPs, hospitals and labs.” The infection rates are higher in Brussels than elsewhere in the country. The Brussels government is suspiciously quiet in …

Brussels postpones checks of Brussels non-profit organisations such as Samusocial