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“The only check on a red-and-green tax tsunami is a vote for the N-VA.”

17 May 2019

When the N-VA was created in 2001, it was without any suspicion that the party would one day become the largest in the country. Eighteen years later, the N-VA is presenting voters with clear candidates for government leadership positions for Flanders and Belgium. We had a talk with Bart De Wever …

Jan Jambon presents the N-VA’s security plan

9 May 2019

“This is the government’s prime task: to ensure that people can walk down the street in all security.” On the De Ochtend radio programme, candidate Prime Minister Jan Jambon explained the security plan that the N-VA is putting to the vote of the public on 26 May. The plan contains four major …

V-Day on Education: The N-VA is the guarantor of strong education

4 May 2019

“For the N-VA, education is an absolute top priority.” Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois made this point very clearly during the V-Day on Education at the Vives University of Applied Sciences in Bruges. A packed auditorium listened with great interest for three hours to a discussion among …

European Court sweeps Walloon opposition to CETA off the table

30 April 2019

“CETA has been saved. The Walloon opposition is unfounded. With this verdict, the whole modern trading policy of the European Union also turns out to be built on solid foundations.” Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois responds with satisfaction to the verdict of the European Court of Justice …

Belgian poverty figures show shocking regional differences

29 April 2019

“You help children in poverty by helping the whole family.” The N-VA responds to a newspaper article stating that one in nine minors in this country grows up in a family with no income from work. As always, these Belgian figures hide large regional differences, the party notes. In Flanders, 7.3% of …

N-VA proposal that prohibits minors from buying tobacco approved

25 April 2019

“The earlier the age at which young people start smoking, the greater the chance that they will develop an addiction.” The N-VA responds with satisfaction to the approval in the Chamber of a bill that increases the age limit at which tobacco products can be purchased from 16 to 18. “It’s a good …

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