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Erasmus+ deserves expansion

2 February 2017

For the most part, the European Parliament has made a positive evaluation of the Erasmus+ start-up phase. Since 2014, Erasmus+ has been bringing together all EU exchange programmes for education, training and youth under one roof. “Over 678,000 people took part in Erasmus+ last year, which …

Record results in the fight against major tax fraud

31 January 2017

In 2016, the Special Taxation Inspectorate (STI) issued more than EUR 1.7 billion in major tax fraud cases - the highest amount since 2001. The tax inspectors are also processing the largest number of cases since that year: a total of 2,492. That’s a third more than in 2014 and 2015 and more than …

Increasing Thalys and Eurostar security

27 January 2017

Minister of Security and the Interior Jan Jambon has reached an agreement with France, the Netherlands and the UK to create a pilot project aimed at increasing the security of the Thalys and the Eurostar. By introducing passenger lists and passport checks, the security services will be able to …

Tax shift is also ensuring extra jobs in 2017

27 January 2017

The tax shift of the Michel government will provide at least 41,500 new jobs this year and save 35,500 existing ones. That’s the conclusion of a recent survey by HR service provider SD Worx. According to the same survey, the tax shift is above all giving our companies an extra impetus to recruit …

Geneva Convention open to reinterpretation

26 January 2017

In a resolution that was carried by a large majority in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, an overture has been made to reinterpret the Geneva Convention. To be precise, the criteria for recognising refugees, as provided for in the 1951 Refugee Convention, as well as the …

High time to call on the ECB to shoulder its responsibility