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The Flemish must see Brussels more as a residential city

18 January 2022

The majority of Flemish civil servants working in Brussels regard our capital city merely as a place to work, not as a place to live. Flemish MP Annabel Tavernier regrets this, and points out the problematic issues regarding safety, cleanliness and property prices that are not being addressed by …

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Record year for foreign investments in Flanders

18 January 2022
Jan Jambon

In 2021, there were 295 new foreign investment projects in Flanders. “A record,” says Flemish Prime Minister Jan Jambon. “The investments represent an amount of EUR 2.86 billion and 6,000 additional jobs.” Flanders thus remains a highly attractive region for foreign investments. The share in …

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What is the N-VA’s view on mandatory vaccination, the CST and the pandemic law?

17 January 2022
Bart De Wever

In recent weeks, we have again received many questions about the party’s positions on combating the coronavirus. Especially regarding mandatory vaccination, the Covid Safe Ticket (CST) and the pandemic law. Each one of these subjects is a complex debate in which different values and considerations …

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Yngvild Ingels: “Six months after the floods, the federal government is still nowhere.”

13 January 2022

Six months after the unprecedented and devastating floods last summer, the federal government is still nowhere with the analysis of the disaster. Minister of the Interior Verlinden refused the N-VA’s request for an inquiry committee. But even her own plans - a “discovery committee” - remain mere …

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No support for journalists behind the “Congo Hold-Up”

12 January 2022
Kathleen Depoorter

Investigative journalists and NGOs recently published the so-called “Congo Hold-Up” investigation, in which they accuse former Congolese President Joseph Kabila of large-scale fraud with public funds. The latter is now threatening to take legal action. N-VA MP Kathleen Depoorter regrets that …

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“The debate on mandatory vaccination must be conducted transparently and seriously”

11 January 2022
Peter De Roover

The debate on mandatory vaccination will be held in parliament. “A good thing,” said federal N-VA party chairman Peter De Roover in the TV programme De Afspraak on VRT, “especially after parliament was sidelined by the pandemic law.” According to De Roover, it is only natural that a broad, open and …

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