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Investigating Spanish violence during the referendum

4 October 2017

The N-VA wants the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to start up an investigation on the violence in Catalonia during the independence referendum. A formal request has been made in this regard to the High Commissioner on National Minorities and to the Director of Human …

Brexit debate: need for realism

4 October 2017

The European Parliament is once again talking about the Brexit negotiations. “These debates are always good for great images in the media, but actually deliver very little result,” MEP Sander Loones regrets. “The Parliament must work towards a transition that is rooted in solid law and reach an …

Finally a debate on Catalonia?

2 October 2017

It turns out that the European Parliament is going to discuss the Catalan independence referendum after all. The N-VA has been requesting such a debate for a long time, and it’s especially important now that the Spanish police’s brutal attitude caused almost 900 people to be injured in Catalonia …

Referendum in Catalonia: the European Commission cannot keep looking the other way

1 October 2017

No democrat can remain unmoved by the images of state violence that reached us from Catalonia during today’s referendum on independence. It was a sad day for Europe. The Catalans have the right to express themselves, and that right was trampled underfoot today by state violence. That is …

European asylum policy needs a maximum limit

28 September 2017

The European Commission has issued a number of specific proposals to bring migration to Europe under control. For example, Member States may reintroduce internal border controls for a period of three years in case of a pertinent migration problem or terrorist threat. The Commission also wants the …

Macron’s EU doesn’t fit Europe