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The asylum backlog has increased by more than half since the Vivaldi government took office

30 March 2022

When he took office, State Secretary Sammy Mahdi said he wanted to use audits of the asylum and migration services, among other things, to eliminate the asylum backlog. Less than a year and a half later, it appears that the asylum backlog has increased by a striking 53%. “Mahdi’s policy is failing, …

The N-VA does not want a new curfew in Brussels without parliamentary control

30 March 2022

The Brussels government approved an ordinance in the Health Committee today that allows it to restrict the fundamental rights of Brussels residents without any form of parliamentary control, for example, by a curfew. “A pure power grab,” says Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten. “This Brussels pandemic …

The N-VA is submitting a bill to do away with the pandemic law

29 March 2022

The federal N-VA group is submitting a bill to put an end to the pandemic law. It was approved last year after a heated debate in the Chamber and served as the legal basis for the coronavirus measures taken from October until two weeks ago. “The pandemic law remains potentially a dangerous proxy …

Flemish export figures have broken records

29 March 2022

2021 was an absolute record year for Flemish exports. Flanders exported goods worth EUR 380.5 billion, a growth of 27.6% compared to 2020 and even 16% higher than the previous record year, 2018. Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon is pleased with these figures. “It shows the Flemish resilience …

Assita Kanko on the US-EU agreement on data protection and data exchange: “Hopefully, this is more than nice words”

25 March 2022

The EU and the US have agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework or Privacy Shield. This agreement makes it possible to exchange data legally between the EU and the US, because the two continents have different laws and regulations that apply to privacy data. MEP Assita …

Mandatory civic integration in Brussels has now been postponed for the fifth time