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7.5 percent fewer civil servants in Flanders: minister Bourgeois exceeds savings targets

18 July 2014

By June 2014, the Flemish Government wanted to reduce the number of civil servants by 6.5 percent. This target has been easily achieved and even exceeded. This was revealed by figures from Minister-President and Flemish Minister for Administrative Affairs Geert Bourgeois. Under his impetus, …

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European citizen demands change but gets more of the same

15 July 2014

With the majority of votes in the European Parliament behind him the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, can now officially call himself the President of the new European Commission. “A missed opportunity”, in the N-VA’s opinion, which would rather see the EU set off in a new …

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First time at the European level

3 July 2014

A new world opened up this week for three of our four Members of the European Parliament. They set off for the first time to the French city of Strasbourg for the inaugural meeting of the newly elected European Parliament. Mark Demesmaeker, who has already successfully represented the N-VA in the …

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N-VA finds greatest autonomy and shared euro-realism with the ECR group

18 June 2014

In the European Parliament the N-VA is joining the ‘European Conservatives and Reformists’ (ECR). “We chose the political group that guarantees our greatest possible autonomy to freely determine our standpoints and voting decisions”, explains European top candidate Johan Van Overtveldt. “There is …

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Courage has triumphed over power

25 May 2014

The N-VA has convincingly won the ‘grandmother of all elections’. The N-VA received the support of around one in three Flemish voters at both the Flemish and federal level. This means we have a strong democratic mandate. “As the largest party we will make the necessary contacts as soon as possible …

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The Flemish Government reduces costs by EUR 197 million through administrative simplification

8 April 2014

During this parliamentary term, the Flemish Government has achieved cost savings resulting from administrative simplification of at least EUR 197 million. This was revealed in its final report on the action plans for administrative simplification. "In addition to cost savings for all kinds of …

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