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The future drug centre and injection room in Brussels symbolise an incoherent and failing drug policy

1 July 2021

The city of Brussels wants to open an injection room at the end of this year. In addition, the Brussels-Capital Region intends to open a major new drug centre. “This is very problematic,” Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre says. “There is far too little dissuasion and repression.” According to …

Parliamentary Committee approves N-VA resolution on Yazidi genocide by Islamic State

30 June 2021

The Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs approved the resolution of N-VA MP Koen Metsu recognising the genocide against the Yazidi by Islamic State. “That is a very important step in the collective healing process of the Yazidi community,” Koen Metsu says. The approval means that the …

No Belgian nationality for criminals

30 June 2021

“Obtaining Belgian nationality is the culmination of a successful civic integration programme and process.” MPs Theo Francken, Yoleen Van Camp and Darya Safai want Belgian citizenship not to be granted to those who have been sentenced to a custodial sentence of six months or more with or without …

Congo Committee extension: the N-VA requests clarity from the government

28 June 2021

After eight months of silence, the special Parliamentary Committee on the Colonial Past will meet again on Monday. The original deadline of 17 July seems unfeasible. The government therefore wishes to extend the committee’s mandate. N-VA MP Tomas Roggeman had warned about this. “The mission of this …

The Federal Planning Bureau figures confirm it: “The nuclear exit catapults Belgium’s climate efforts back in time”

24 June 2021

“These figures confirm the choice of the Vivaldi government to catapult us back in time with the nuclear phase-out in terms of CO2 emissions.” MP Bert Wollants draws the only possible conclusion from the figures published by the Federal Planning Bureau on Thursday. According to the Planning Bureau, …

Bill on student migration: fraud gate stays open, N-VA votes against it