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N-VA wants more transparent adoption policy

6 July 2011

Flemish candidate parents for the adoption of a child from a foreign country must be given more clarity and certainty in the future. Adoption procedures in Flanders are currently obscure and often drag on for years. In order to deal quickly with this uncertainty, Flanders’ majority partners, i.e …

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Women quota not a solution for N-VA

30 June 2011

The N-VA tabled five amendments in the Senate with regard to the bill on the mandatory quota for women in the governing boards of both state-managed and private companies. With these amendments, the N-VA showed it is prepared to introduce quotas in state companies because they can fulfil an …

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Philippe Muyters: new kid on the block

29 June 2011

It was an offer he couldn’t refuse. Philippe Muyters swore he would never go into politics, but when the then head of the Flemish chamber of commerce was asked by party colleague Bart de Wever to act as Flemish minister of finance, budget, work, town planning and sports, he rode the N-VA popularity …

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Proposal for stricter nationality laws submitted to Council of State

22 June 2011

The N-VA, Open Vld, CD&V and sp.a are in agreement on making conditions to become a Belgian (citizen) stricter. Nationality laws are linked to integration. With this proposal, Belgium puts itself in line with our neighbouring countries. All parties, including the PS, cdh and MR, have agreed to …

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Uniform European approach to traffic safety

21 June 2011

Last week, the European Parliament Transport Committee visited the Euregio Maas-Rhine. N-VA Member of the European Parliament, Frieda Brepoels, was one of the driving forces behind this visit. The challenges for cross-border public transport were discussed extensively, as was the police …

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Better protection for world cultural heritage

16 June 2011

Today, the Senate approved a resolution by the N-VA that must provide greater legal protection for world cultural heritage against destruction by war by bringing civil and military key figures before the International Criminal Court. Sometimes museums and monuments are intentionally destroyed during …

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