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The N-VA presents a 10-point plan for the fight against organised crime and the drug mafia

7 July 2021

“Letting the cancer of organised crime fester is a dramatic mistake.” At a press conference, N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever and MPs Sophie De Wit and Yngvild Ingels presented a 10-point plan to step up the fight against organised crime. They are advocating a coordinated international approach, …

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Assita Kanko hopes for Hungarian reversal after European finger-pointing: “Orban must reverse the anti-LGBT+ law”

7 July 2021
Assita Kanko

“Von der Leyen’s stern tone is no exaggeration, but Orban’s terrible ‘anti-gay’ law is.” MEP Assita Kanko hopes that Hungarian President Viktor Orban will be prompted by Europe’s condemnation to reverse his anti-LGBT+ law. The N-VA delegation will certainly vote on Wednesday in favour of the …

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The Vivaldi government is putting the fate of soldiers in the hands of a bureaucratic EU

2 July 2021

On Thursday, the Vivaldi majority voted for a resolution proposing to hand over the Belgian decision-making power on the deployment of our soldiers in war zones worldwide to the new European Defence Council, which is to be set up. N-VA MPs Theo Francken, Peter Buysrogge and Darya Safai respond with …

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The future drug centre and injection room in Brussels symbolise an incoherent and failing drug policy

1 July 2021
Mathias Vanden Borre

The city of Brussels wants to open an injection room at the end of this year. In addition, the Brussels-Capital Region intends to open a major new drug centre. “This is very problematic,” Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre says. “There is far too little dissuasion and repression.” According to …

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Parliamentary Committee approves N-VA resolution on Yazidi genocide by Islamic State

30 June 2021
Koen Metsu

The Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs approved the resolution of N-VA MP Koen Metsu recognising the genocide against the Yazidi by Islamic State. “That is a very important step in the collective healing process of the Yazidi community,” Koen Metsu says. The approval means that the …

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No Belgian nationality for criminals

30 June 2021

“Obtaining Belgian nationality is the culmination of a successful civic integration programme and process.” MPs Theo Francken, Yoleen Van Camp and Darya Safai want Belgian citizenship not to be granted to those who have been sentenced to a custodial sentence of six months or more with or without …

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