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Following the European Commission report: De Croo makes a 180° turn and has to agree with De Bleeker

22 November 2022

Five days after coldly dismissing Eva De Bleeker, Prime Minister De Croo must now agree with her after all. This is clear from his response to the European Commission’s budget report. De Bleeker pointed out that the tax reform of the energy bill next year would cost money. That is confirmed by De …

Asylum & Migration policy memorandum: “Always the same recipes that don’t work”

21 November 2022

On Monday, the Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, de Moor, presented her 2023 policy memorandum in the Chamber of Representatives. MP Tomas Roggeman is clear after reading the policy memorandum: “The Secretary of State is not taking any concrete initiative that will actually curb the …

Groen/Ecolo deliberately blocks crucial exports to Ukraine and the UK

18 November 2022

Prime Minister De Croo and several federal ministers did not shy away from serious words to express our continued support for Ukraine. Internationally, however, people have long known better: Belgium is making only a minimal effort to give the besieged country much-needed military support. Worse …

The De Croo government keeps fighting a losing battle: record budget for asylum reception

16 November 2022

The budget for asylum reception is once again breaking all records. Compared to the initial 2022 budget, the federal asylum agency Fedasil will receive almost EUR 50 million more. It can no longer go on like this, says MP Theo Francken. “Asylum reception facilities are completely full, hundreds of …

Belgian coronavirus policy finally gets an objective evaluation, although it is still “far too late”

10 November 2022

The OECD will evaluate Belgium’s coronavirus policy. That evaluation is welcome, says MP Frieda Gijbels, but it comes far too late. “The N-VA has been asking for a critical evaluation of the approach since the first wave of the coronavirus. And why does this now have to be done through the OECD, …

Brussels government continues to ignore language laws

9 November 2022

Quite simply ignored. That’s what the Brussels government and the Common Community Commission did regarding the letter Flemish minister for Brussels Dalle sent them following the Brussels Vice-Governor’s dramatic annual report on compliance with the language law by local Brussels authorities …

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