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The Flemish Government approves additional climate measures: do more for less CO2

4 November 2021

On Thursday, the Flemish Government approved an important package of additional climate measures. In total, 40 additional measures were decided upon, on top of the Flemish Energy and Climate Plan of two years ago, which already provided for 350 ambitious measures. The Flemish ministers have agreed …

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The Court of Audit confirms: Brussels has become Athens on the Senne River

4 November 2021

Last week, the Court of Audit published its 26th Brussels book on the accounts of the Brussels-Capital Region and the Brussels public institutions. Just like last year, the Court of Audit’s opinion is damning. Cieltje Van Achter, N-VA group chair in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region, …

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The chaos at airports was avoidable

29 October 2021

Chaos at Charleroi and Zaventem airports due to work-to-rule slowdowns by police unions. “This was predictable,” says MP Sigrid Goethals. “The police have long been dissatisfied with this Vivaldi government that promises a lot but does little about the staff shortage and dragging wage negotiations …

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The N-VA wants to put an end to fraud through phishing and SMS fraud

28 October 2021

MP Michael Freilich has prepared a bill that will require banks to carry out checks between the account number and the name of the beneficiary when making a transfer. He wants to prevent embezzlement and fraud this way. “Invoice fraud, scams via phishing emails, fake text messages and WhatsApp …

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Large-scale anti-drug activities by the police and the courts will hopefully relieve Minister-President Vervoort of his blinkered view

28 October 2021
Mathias Vanden Borre

The discovery of a new criminal world throughout Brussels as a result of the large-scale drugs operation by the federal police will hopefully relieve Minister-President Vervoort (PS) of his blinkered view. “It is time for the Brussels government to treat the fight against organised crime as a …

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Johan Van Overtveldt ranked 6th most politically influential member of the European Parliament

28 October 2021
Johan Van Overtveldt

The Influence Index, the ranking of the most influential MEPs, was published on Thursday. A newcomer in the top 10 is N-VA member Johan Van Overtveldt, who scores highly with sixth place out of a total of 705 MEPs. This also makes him the highest-scoring Belgian MP in terms of political influence …

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