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OECD: Tax burden falls most substantially in Belgium

12 April 2017
OCDE : forte diminution de la charge fiscale en Belgique

According to a report from the OECD, Belgium is one of the organisation’s 35 member countries where the tax burden decreased most substantially in 2016. “This government has made efforts to reduce the tax burden, among other things through a tax shift,” Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt …

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Online tourism sector is not the Wild West

11 April 2017
Le secteur du tourisme en ligne n’est pas le Far West

The European Commission wants to make the online tourism sector more honest, MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt notes with satisfaction. “It's good that the Commission is sending the signal to big players that dominate the entire market that they have to respect the rules too. Indeed, they often mislead the …

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Fight against food waste

11 April 2017
Lutter contre le gaspillage alimentaire

The Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament has unanimously approved a range of concrete recommendations for combating food waste. MEP Mark Demesmaeker co-negotiated the ambitious text: "Globally, 1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost every year, approximately …

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A Russian concentration camp for gays?

11 April 2017
Un camp de concentration pour homosexuels en Russie ?

The N-VA expresses its horror about the possible existence of a concentration camp for gays in the republic of Chechnya in the South of Russia. It is also seizing on that news to focus attention on the situation of gay people in Russia and its autonomous republics. "Indeed, Putin has himself for …

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Brexit: "Need to negotiate like adults"

5 April 2017
Brexit : « Négocier entre adultes »

The European Parliament has approved a Brexit resolution in which it is clearly indicated what there must be, what there can be and what there absolutely cannot be in the negotiations with the United Kingdom. "That resolution contains a whole list of good points, but at the same time seems to find …

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Dieselgate: no independent control of emission standards

5 April 2017
Dieselgate : pas de contrôle indépendant des normes d’émission

The European Parliament has approved a range of recommendations by the Dieselgate investigation committee, but rejected the creation of an independent control agency. “Yet that would have ensured tighter market supervision," reacts MEP Mark Demesmaeker, who was the vice-president of the research …

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