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Assita Kanko: “The EU also needs to secure a deal with Rwanda on returning asylum seekers”

15 April 2022

The United Kingdom will send asylum seekers with no prospects who enter the country illegally through the channel to Rwanda. That deal has been met with a lot of criticism, and within the EU, the approach is also being called “inhumane and undeserving”. But MEP Assita Kanko is disappointed by the …

The European proposal to close the pay gap is “far too left-wing”

5 April 2022

The European Parliament voted on a draft directive aimed at tackling the gender pay gap. Companies with more than 50 employees would have a transparency obligation, requiring them to report information about the pay gap in their company to the government, unions and employees. “A witch hunt” is …

The asylum backlog has increased by more than half since the Vivaldi government took office

30 March 2022

When he took office, State Secretary Sammy Mahdi said he wanted to use audits of the asylum and migration services, among other things, to eliminate the asylum backlog. Less than a year and a half later, it appears that the asylum backlog has increased by a striking 53%. “Mahdi’s policy is failing, …

The N-VA does not want a new curfew in Brussels without parliamentary control

30 March 2022

The Brussels government approved an ordinance in the Health Committee today that allows it to restrict the fundamental rights of Brussels residents without any form of parliamentary control, for example, by a curfew. “A pure power grab,” says Brussels MP Gilles Verstraeten. “This Brussels pandemic …

The N-VA is submitting a bill to do away with the pandemic law

29 March 2022

The federal N-VA group is submitting a bill to put an end to the pandemic law. It was approved last year after a heated debate in the Chamber and served as the legal basis for the coronavirus measures taken from October until two weeks ago. “The pandemic law remains potentially a dangerous proxy …

Flemish export figures have broken records