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Bart De Wever identifies a Belgian problem: “There’s something wrong with this country”

4 December 2020

“If you only want to have all the nice things and to leave all the burdens to someone else, that’s what they call hostile neighbourliness.” N-VA chairman Bart De Wever explained once again in the programme De Afspraak why the Brussels city toll is not a good idea. “What Brussels is doing now is a …

Foreign Affairs Committee takes a stronger stance against Iran in the Djalali case

2 December 2020

The Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations has urgently adopted a resolution on Dr Ahmadreza Djalali. After intensive debate, it was decided to take a stronger position against Iran, at the request of the N-VA, by making it clear to them that the execution of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali will have …

Flemish Parliament opposes Brussels city toll

2 December 2020

If consultation with the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region does not lead to an acceptable solution, the Flemish Government must use all legal means to ensure that Flemish commuters are not discriminated against by a Brussels kilometre-based charge or city toll in the future. That is stated …

Jan Jambon once again appeals to the Flemish sense of public responsibility: “We must try to avoid a third wave”

29 November 2020

Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon explained the coronavirus situation in Flanders on Sunday in the TV studios of VRT and VTM. Jan Jambon looked ahead to the holidays and the sales period, explained the Flemish wage increase for the healthcare sector and reacted to the purple-green federal …

Assita Kanko writes a letter to High Representative Josep Borrell: “The EU must do everything it can to save Ahmadreza Djalali”

25 November 2020

MEP Assita Kanko wrote a letter to High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell. In it, she calls for pressure to be put on Iran to save the life of Iranian-Swedish scientist Ahmadreza Djalali. Dozens of MEPs signed the letter. “The EU must do everything it can to save …

Flemish Parliament makes a new appeal to Iran: “Release Professor Ahmadreza Djalali immediately!”