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Fingerprints to prevent identity fraud

24 October 2018

“Document falsification loopholes must be closed.” Minister of the Interior Jan Jambon is determined now that the competent parliamentary committee has approved the bill for the registration of fingerprints on identity cards. Anyone applying for a new identity card as from April 2019 will have to …

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“Automatically take Belgian nationality away from convicted terrorists.”

24 October 2018

“If you do not lose your right to Belgian nationality through such acts or intentions or even complicity, then when will you lose your right to Belgian nationality? The N-VA responds to the withdrawal of Belgian nationality from Fouad Belkacem. In 2016, it submitted a bill that makes such …

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Europe refuses to make clear budgetary decisions

24 October 2018

“Once again, the European Parliament is refusing to make clear choices. Instead of being economical and efficient with tax revenues, it keeps asking for more money.” MEP Sander Loones reacts with disappointment to the budget proposal that the European Parliament adopted today. The European …

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Europe demonstrates enterprise in the fight against plastic waste

24 October 2018

“Plastic is a valuable material, but we use it in an exceptionally careless way.” Member of the European Parliament Mark Demesmaeker called the measures approved by the European Parliament today an ambitious but feasible step in the fight against plastic waste. “Without action, there will be more …

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Spanish fury for Flemish diplomacy on Catalonia

17 October 2018

Spain’s decision to break off diplomatic ties with Flanders is meeting with incredulity in our country. Minister-President Geert Bourgeois is asking the federal Minister of Foreign Affairs to remind the Spanish ambassador of the freedom of expression and the separation of powers. “This is a very …

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Four years of N-VA in the federal government

11 October 2018

Four years ago, five members of the N-VA took the oath as either a Minister or a Secretary of State in the federal government. The four years since then have been action-packed, with challenge following challenge. Yet Jan Jambon, Johan Van Overtveldt, Steven Vandeput, Zuhal Demir and Theo Francken …

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