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Peter De Roover criticises the European initiative against “hate speech”

13 December 2021

In the Advisory Committee for European Affairs, Peter De Roover sharply expressed his concern about European Commissioner Didier Reynders’ plan to turn hate speech into a European cross-border crime. This would require each Member State to apply minimum rules for defining and sanctioning crimes …

Mandatory civic integration for newcomers to Brussels has already been postponed for the fourth time

10 December 2021

1 January 2020. That was the date on which compulsory civic integration in Brussels was to be completed. The deadlines of 1 January 2021, the summer of 2021 and 1 January 2022 were also not met. Minister Maron told the Brussels Parliament on Thursday that the new target date is 1 April 2022. “That …

Bart De Wever on the De Ochtend radio show: “Engie gets a Win for Life in exchange for the nuclear phase-out”

9 December 2021

The French energy company Engie announces in an open letter that it cannot guarantee the extension of the nuclear power plants under the present circumstances. N-VA chairman Bart De Wever responds to that open letter on the De Ochtend radio show: “This company has won a Win for Life with the …

Minister Van Quickenborne is completely wrong about the release of IS brides

7 December 2021

An IS bride who had been repatriated to our country by the De Croo government in July was recently released, the newspaper De Morgen reports. This is remarkable, because last week, Minister of Justice Van Quickenborne responded resolutely to MP Koen Metsu’s question that all the IS women brought …

Bert Wollants says: “Van der Straeten simply sticks to her own dogmas to push the nuclear phase-out through”

3 December 2021

“While a nuclear renaissance is blowing across Europe, here we are continuing to use a massive amount of taxpayers’ money for dirtier air and electricity.” MP and N-VA energy specialist Bert Wollants is extremely displeased about green Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten’s request to close the …

The N-VA is critical of the idea of a green boulevard on the A12

1 December 2021

Naturally, the Brussels plans to reduce the A12 in Brussels to just one lane were also discussed in the Flemish Parliament. Flemish MP Inez De Coninck, who lives in the Flemish periphery of Brussels, took the floor. “This will cause more traffic jams on the way into Brussels and will force …

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