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Brussels hopelessly late with civic integration

17 December 2015
Brussels hopelessly late with civic integration

Brussels member of parliament Liesbet Dhaene regrets that the Brussels civic integration policy still has a long way to go. "Brussels Prime Minister Vervoort minimizing the importance of civic integration is not due to being divorced from reality, but purely to political self-preservation," is her …

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Nature does not need humans. On the contrary, we are dependent on it.

15 December 2015
Nature does not need humans. On the contrary, we are dependent on it.

"Stopping loss of biodiversity is not only necessary for nature itself, but also for socio-economic reasons," three N-VA members of parliament write in an open letter to the European Ministers of the Environment. One of them is European Parliament member Mark Demesmaker, author of the biodiversity …

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European coast guard must help limit flow of asylum seekers

15 December 2015
European coast guard must help limit flow of asylum seekers

The European Commission wants to establish a European coast guard. "A step in the right direction," say European Parliament Members Helga Stevens and Sander Loones. "Such a coast guard can strengthen our European borders, since the reality of the refugee crisis teaches us how vital this is." The …

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N-VA supports PNR agreement in fight against terror

10 December 2015
N-VA supports PNR agreement in fight against terror

The authorized commission of the European Parliament has adopted the agreement around the PNR system that must ensure better exchange of passenger information between the member states. "None too early," European Parliament member Helga Stevens emphasises. "In the fight against terror it is crucial …

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How to respond to the victory of Le Pen?

10 December 2015
How to respond to the victory of Le Pen?

Nous en avons marre. We are fed up. That’s the message the French conveyed Sunday on their ballot papers. The reaction of the French political, intellectual and cultural elite has been as predictable as it is wrong: the victor has been demonised, the voter moralised and the problems raised, ignored …

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Modernisation of European copyright finally in the pipeline

9 December 2015
Modernisation of European copyright finally in the pipeline

N-VA is carefully optimistic about the new proposals around copyright that the European Commissioner for the Digital Single Market has announced. "Various aspects of copyright are being rendered obsolete as a result of rapid technological and digital developments. New services like Netflix have …

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