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Brexit ball is in EU’s court

23 August 2019

We’ve entered the Brexit endgame. Deal or no deal, the United Kingdom will leave the European Union on October 31 — or so British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has repeated day in, day out since he moved into No. 10 Downing Street. The effects of Britain’s exit will be largely negative — from welfare …

N-VA law for DNA database pays off: 9 cases of disappearance resolved in 1 year

23 August 2019

The DNA database for missing persons is a great success: in one year, already nine cases of disappearance have been resolved. The database was created at the initiative of the N-VA. In 2013, the Senate approved the N-VA bill on this subject. Over 300 profiles The database came into effect over a …

Thank you, Theo: record number of refugees lose recognition after holiday in “unsafe” home country

19 August 2019

In 2018, the protection status of 217 refugees was withdrawn. That’s a record. They are refugees who are seen as a danger to society or who travelled back to their country of origin. The increase is thanks to the resolute policy of former Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken …

Brussels coalition agreement is old wine in old bottles

19 July 2019

Brussels has a new coalition agreement. N-VA group leader Cieltje Van Achter is extremely disappointed: “It is not new wine in old bottles, but old wine in old bottles. Daring and decisiveness are nowhere to be seen.” On 26 May, the voter voted - certainly in Flanders - for decisiveness and change …

N-VA links budget support to stricter asylum policies and savings

10 July 2019

Nouvelle augmentation des salaires nets en janvier grâce au tax shift

The N-VA voted in the Chamber against the provisional budget for the next three months. It is making its support for that budget conditional. “We do not want new policies to be financed through the back door”, the N-VA group in the Chamber emphasises. “The rest of the government must make clear …

Johan Van Overtveldt unanimously elected chairman of the European Budget Committee