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AA rating: Flanders is well positioned in the financial market

5 May 2021
Matthias Diependaele

With an AA rating, credit rating agency Fitch confirms that Flanders is in top form. “Despite the difficult circumstances of the coronavirus crisis, I have continued to insist on a healthy financial policy,” says Flemish Minister for Finance and Budget, Matthias Diependaele. “This is important not …

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The N-VA requires further study on the economic costs of migration

4 May 2021

At the request of former Minister of Finance Johan van Overtveldt and Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken, the National Bank of Belgium conducted a groundbreaking study into the economic costs of migration. The study was completed in the autumn of 2020. Through Theo Francken, …

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Late submission, the minister who ignores the Council of State; the N-VA requests clarification before debating the pandemic law

28 April 2021
Peter De Roover

Parliamentary group chairman Peter De Roover wants Minister of the Interior Verlinden to clarify a number of issues before starting the debate on the pandemic law. The latter did not request new advice from the Council of State, despite that being mandatory. Moreover, she submitted the text to the …

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MP Mathias Vanden Borre attacked in Brussels

28 April 2021
Mathias Vanden Borre

On Tuesday, Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre was attacked in broad daylight by “kids”. Mathias Vanden Borre was beaten and stomped on, was able to escape but was unable to work for three days. “We must put an end to the feeling of impunity among these young people so that the feeling of safety can …

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The N-VA votes in favour of the Digital Green Certificate in the European Parliament

28 April 2021
New registration system to reinforce security for European citizens

“Our companies, entrepreneurs and the tourism sector are bleeding. The Digital Green Certificate is needed to be able to travel safely and to start the recovery. But privacy must also be guaranteed,” MEP Assita Kanko says. Society and business are groaning under travel restrictions: people can no …

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Why the N-VA is choosing the Australian asylum model: N-VA MPs are launching an information campaign

27 April 2021

“The European asylum model is failing. The Belgian and European leadership is ineffective. It cannot go on like this,” says N-VA MP and migration expert Theo Francken. He is supported by Assita Kanko, Yoleen Van Camp, Darya Safai and Maaike De Vreese. The N-VA members are launching an information …

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