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More European cooperation for screening of foreign investments

14 February 2019
Europe investing too little in security and too much in Turkey

Member states must be able to exchange information more easily in order to screen foreign investors or parties seeking to make an acquisition in certain strategic sectors. Investments or acquisition attempts that form a serious risk for public order or security can in this way be prevented if …

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N-VA advocates minimal provision of service in aviation

13 February 2019

Zaventem Airport is the second largest economic driver in the country, and tens of thousands of jobs depend on the airport operating smoothly. So if the airport is laid low by a strike, it is very damaging to the economy. “That’s why there urgently needs to be a minimal provision of service,” the N …

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N-VA politicians give the Catalans a hearty boost

12 February 2019

This week, the strongly-contested trial started in Madrid against 12 Catalan politicians, cabinet employees and activists. For more than 15 months, they have been separated from their friends and family, often young children, as a result of their detention under remand. They are on trial for …

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Ensuring the security of citizens is the primary task of the government

12 February 2019
For security

“Guaranteeing the security of its citizens is the primary task of a government.” Former Minister of the Interior Jan Jambon got straight to the point during the N-VA press conference on Security held at the Atomium on Tuesday. The clarification fits in with a series of press conferences and V-days …

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N-VA regrets new step towards a European superstate

12 February 2019

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a series of constitutional reports with which it wishes to impose even more European policy on the member states. The recommendations go much further than the powers that the member states have granted to the EU. “This is a new step towards a European …

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N-VA women aim to draw attention to the issue of genital mutilation in Europe

5 February 2019
Anneleen Van Bossuyt en Assita Kanko

“It is estimated that half a million women in the European Union are living with the life-long consequences of genital mutilation.” On 5 February, N-VA women Assita Kanko and Anneleen Van Bossuyt organised a hearing at the European Parliament on the occasion of the International Day of Zero …

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