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A dissuasion campaign for so-called “Dublin asylum seekers” will lead to nothing without a flanking policy

6 October 2021

On Tuesday, the Immigration Department will start dissuasion campaigns to slow down the influx of asylum seekers in Belgium who had already applied for asylum elsewhere in Europe. The campaign comes after long insistence from the N-VA, but it will lead to nothing without a flanking policy, …

Minister Van der Straeten insists on green dogmas in the International Energy Agency as well

1 October 2021

Federal Minister of Energy Tinne Van der Straeten (Groen) had a recommendation of the International Energy Agency (IEA) that says that Belgium must prepare for extending the life of nuclear power plants deleted from a draft report. Flemish Minister of Energy Zuhal Demir denounced this deletion in a …

The hypocrisy of the Brussels majority: the opening of Laeken Park postponed

1 October 2021

The opening of the Royal Park of Laeken will not take place any time soon after all. More than half a year after the announcement of the Brussels majority parties, Parliament has still not received a text proposal. Cieltje Van Achter, N-VA group chair in the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital …

No more excuses: time for a Brussels ban on unsedated slaughter

30 September 2021

Interdiction historique de l’abattage sans étourdissement

Brussels is the last place in Belgium where slaughter is still carried out without sedation. Nevertheless, the Belgian Constitutional Court confirms the view of the European Court of Justice that the Flemish ban on unsedated slaughter does not violate religious freedom. According to Brussels group …

Peter De Roover on the Belgian evacuation from Afghanistan: “Where the Netherlands was deaf, Belgium simply turned out to be blind”

29 September 2021

In the Netherlands, the admission that the government was deaf to the cries for help from its own embassy embarrassed two ministers enough to offer their resignations. No publicity was given to similar outpourings by Minister Wilmès in the House. However, according to N-VA group chairman Peter De …

N-VA bill for civic integration and language acquisition in the country of origin for candidate migrants voted down

28 September 2021

Although several European Member States have been using this practice for years, and the Flemish Government also advocates it, the bill was voted down by the Vivaldi parties and PVDA-PTB. “Belgium is just about the laxest Member State of the entire European class when it comes to preparing …

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