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Jan Jambon brings EUR 2.25 billion to Flanders from the European Coronavirus Recovery Fund

12 January 2021

Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon reached an agreement with Walloon Minister-President Elio Di Rupo on the distribution key of the European recovery fund after tough negotiations. The EUR 2.25 billion is more than hoped for. “Flanders will be able to implement its Flemish Resilience plan fully, …

Algorithms will be a merciless censor

12 January 2021

Free speech dies if we allow the algorithms. Europe and our federal government must defend the freedoms of our liberal democracy,” says the MEP in an opinion piece. I recently warned about the restriction of the freedom of expression as proposed by the European Commission. For well-known reasons …

Belgium was entitled to 7.5 million vaccines; the government ordered 5 million

11 January 2021

The N-VA does not understand why Prime Minister De Croo and Minister Vandenbroucke have not taken steps to bring more vaccines to Belgium. “Despite a change of power, the new government is failing to do better than its predecessors. Glaring nonchalance!” In the summer, the government announced …

An alarming rise in arrested transmigrants, but the federal government isn’t doing anything about it

9 January 2021

The number of arrested transmigrants has increased dramatically in the last month. According to the Governor of West Flanders, this is because of Brexit. The N-VA warns: “The numbers are double what they were last year. That should set off all the alarm bells. However, we see little to no movement …

Bart De Wever draws a remarkable parallel between America and Europe in the TV programme De Afspraak

8 January 2021

“The losers of mass immigration and globalisation receive little empathy and respect. You can only win those people back with a centre-right narrative of controlled migration, good education and innovation. But you hear that far too little.” In the TV programme De Afspraak, N-VA chairman Bart De …

Bart De Wever’s concerns about the vaccination strategy

6 January 2021

“The cost of keeping your society locked up is many times higher than the millions you would allegedly overpay by ordering too much.” N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever wondered on the TV programme Terzake whether enough vaccines would be delivered in time. He referred to stories in the German press that …

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