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New bill to tighten up family reunification rules: no more automatic approval

22 November 2019

The N-VA has a bill ready to prevent requests for family reunification being implicitly approved if the legal deadline expires. With the bill, it is putting into practice a verdict from the European Court of Justice on family reunification. European Court blows the whistle on Council of State Does …

Cieltje Van Achter: “Brussels is virtually bankrupt”

18 November 2019

The budgetary work of the Brussels government is the textbook example of a start gone wrong. The government is not making any choices and is putting off the important budgetary work until spring of next year. “Nevertheless, the Brussels government cannot afford this standstill. The budget for 2020 …

Brussels keeps illegality in place

7 November 2019

The fact that the Brussels government is keeping the shelter for transmigrants at Porte d’Ulysse open longer (actually this is already the seventh time they are doing so), is a textbook example of bad governance. It is and remains the wrong choice to make illegality normal, say Brussels MPs Mathias …

The EU must not pass on its bills to our taxpayers

7 November 2019

The European Union states - rightly so - that the Member States must get their budgets under control, but at the same time it also wants to see its own EU budget increase. “It would be better if the EU were to set the right example, and not constantly ask for more money,” the N-VA says, following a …

Unpaid hospital bills in Brussels and Wallonia many times higher than in Flanders

5 November 2019

The amount of unpaid hospital bills is increasing in Wallonia and Brussels and has now reached more than twice the amount of unpaid hospital bills in Flanders. The N-VA sees this as yet more proof of the difference in approach and mentality among the regions. “Once again, the language border …

N-VA wants more transparency for secret pharmaceutical deals

28 October 2019

The N-VA, together with sp.a, is submitting a bill to obtain greater transparency about the secret contracts between the government and pharmaceutical companies. “We are not opposed to the secret agreements and we realise that a certain amount of discretion is needed, but we must still be able to …

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