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Piet De Bruyn receives prize for LGB engagement

27 January 2018

Flemish parliament member Piet De Bruyn will receive a prize this year from the gay and transgender umbrella organisation Çavaria. He is specifically being honoured as a rapporteur for the rights of LGBTI people with the Council of Europe, where he presented the first comprehensive European report …

Process of checking the criminal offences committed by non-EU citizens to become easier

25 January 2018

The EU Member States will soon be able to exchange data on non-EU criminals more easily. MEP Helga Stevens, co-reporter of the Committee on Counter-Terrorism, calls it an important step forwards for security: “An efficient exchange of information is namely crucial in the fight against crime and …

The Left has to make a choice: open borders or the welfare state

24 January 2018

“There are 37 million Sudanese, all of whom without doubt want a better life. Do we have the moral duty to accommodate all those 37 million?”, Party Chairman Bart De Wever asks. The migration crisis has confronted Europe with its own moral nihilism. Citizens who form a human chain around the North …

Terror level is decreased, but safety remains the priority

24 January 2018

The terror level in Belgium has been decreased from three to two. That doesn’t mean that the threat has gone away, but it does mean that attacks are currently less likely. However, the efforts to guarantee the safety of citizens are in no way decreasing. For example, the security services are …

Europe wants tougher security for motorway parking areas

23 January 2018

A new European report recognises the need for tougher security for motorway parking areas located at crucial junctions of the trans-European transport network. Brussels is one of those junctions. “To combat human trafficking among other things, it would be best if the motorway parking area located …

Brexit should be used to scrap seats in the EU Parliament