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N-VA supports European aid fund for refugee shelter

2 March 2016

The European Commission has proposed a new European aid fund. This must allow rapid extension of emergency aid to member states faced with a large influx of asylum seekers which, like Greece, they are unable to handle on their own. The coming three years, a total of 700 million will be made …

Investigating the Volkswagen scandal

2 March 2016

European Parliament member Mark Demesmaeker has been chosen vice-president of the special Dieselgate committee. That investigation committee has one year to investigate the Volkswagen scandal. “Transparency and public health are my most important concern in that investigation,” says Mark …

Flemish Parliament asks Flemish Government to support TTIP negotiations

1 March 2016

In the Flemish Parliament, the majority parties have approved a resolution about TTIP, the trade and investment agreement between the EU and the USA. In it, they call on the Flemish Government to continue supporting the ongoing negotiations and follow up on them thoroughly. In a recent study, the …

Agreement with Morocco about checking fingerprints is a European first

1 March 2016

After ten years of negotiations, the Belgian government has reached a principle agreement with Morocco that is intended to guarantee better cooperation in the fight against illegal migration, organised crime and terrorism. For example, Belgium is the first country in Europe to receive a promise …

Bart De Wever on the refugee crisis: “Greece is part of the problem, not of the solution”

26 February 2016

Heavily offended; such was the response of the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras at the mini summit about refugees that Austria and the Balkan countries had dared to organise without him. He promptly threatened to block all European decision-making on the refugee crisis, unless equal distribution …

Free trade agreement with EU boosts democratisation process in Tunisia

25 February 2016

The European Parliament has approved a number of recommendations about the trade negotiations that have started between the EU and Tunisia. “A trade agreement can serve as a catalyst for political stability and economic development in Tunisia,” European Parliament member Sander Loones says. “That …

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