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N-VA calls on European Parliament for more realism on asylum issue

16 March 2016

When revising the EU visa system, the European Parliament takes it a step further than what the European Commission and the member states propose. The Parliament, for example, chooses to adopt a humanitarian Schengen visa and potential visa exemption at the Greek-Turkish border. “Thus, the European …

A total lack of transparency is tainting the negotiations for better European regulations

9 March 2016

Un manque total de transparence entache les négociations relatives à une amélioration de la réglementation européenne

European Parliament member Anneleen Van Bossuyt is very sceptical about the way in which the European Parliament has been involved in the inter-institutional agreement about better regulations , about which Parliament, the Council and Commission must negotiate. “Indeed, parliament has just approved …

Turkey does not belong in the European Union

8 March 2016

At the summit between the European Union and Turkey about the refugee crisis which drags on unabated, the European heads of state and government leaders have not reached an agreement. The talks focused on strengthening European borders and collaboration between the EU and Turkey. The goal is to …

The European approach to social dumping lacks ambition

5 March 2016

L’approche européenne en matière de dumping social a besoin de plus d’ambition

With a new guideline about secondments, the European Commission wishes to fight unfair competition on the internal market. That is good news for enterprises and employees, especially in the construction, cleaning and transport industries, because many Flemish SMEs are still under pressure from …

N-VA counts on broad consensus for intervention in Syria

3 March 2016

La N-VA compte sur un large consensus pour une intervention en Syrie

The N-VA supports the Belgian government’s plan to possibly conduct a military intervention in Syria. The American minister of Defence has requested our country’s assistance. Until now, Belgium was only active in Iraq, but starting from July, the government also wishes to fight IS in Syria. “As …

Dear Merkelites, be honest about your Europe