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Assita Kanko to participate in European investigative mission to Malta

2 December 2019

MEP Assita Kanko is taking part in a European investigative mission to Malta on 3 and 4 December. The impetus is the murder of journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017. “In the first place we are going to make an inventory of the situation there and talk with a great many people, like …

N-VA ensures that nuclear energy remains on the European climate agenda

29 November 2019

Maintenir les centrales nucléaires en activité plus longtemps pour éviter une pénurie d’énergie

The European Parliament voted on a non-binding resolution in preparation for the COP25 Climate Change Conference that is taking place from 2 to 13 December in Madrid, Spain. The original motion for a resolution stated that “nuclear energy is neither safe nor environmentally or economically …

Caretaker government spends more money on asylum reception facilities and cuts budget for repatriation policy

29 November 2019

Le gouvernement résiduel dépense davantage pour l’accueil des demandeurs d’asile et réduit le budget affecté à la politique de retour

The caretaker federal government spent much more money on asylum reception facilities in 2019 than initially planned. On top of this, the budget for 2020 is also much higher than expected. At the same time, resources for the return of illegal aliens are decreasing. “We must return to a firmer …

Von der Leyen fails to convince and N-VA group abstains from European Commission vote

27 November 2019

Maison de l’histoire européenne : un projet cher et superflu

“People in Europe want the European Commission to provide solutions.” The N-VA Group in the European Parliament abstained from the vote on the new European Commission. According to Geert Bourgeois, Johan Van Overtveldt and Assita Kanko, President Ursula von der Leyen’s policy document contains too …

New bill to tighten up family reunification rules: no more automatic approval

22 November 2019

The N-VA has a bill ready to prevent requests for family reunification being implicitly approved if the legal deadline expires. With the bill, it is putting into practice a verdict from the European Court of Justice on family reunification. European Court blows the whistle on Council of State Does …

Cieltje Van Achter: “Brussels is virtually bankrupt”

18 November 2019

The budgetary work of the Brussels government is the textbook example of a start gone wrong. The government is not making any choices and is putting off the important budgetary work until spring of next year. “Nevertheless, the Brussels government cannot afford this standstill. The budget for 2020 …

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