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Patriarch of conservatism is still relevant

16 May 2018
Bart De Wever

“That’s why the European Union will never become a European nation. Because it is the combination of many different nations, with a variety of different cultures and political traditions. ‘More Europe’ is not the solution to everything,” says Party Chairman Bart De Wever in an opinion piece …

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Justice and police must protect LGBT people better

11 May 2018

LGBT people deserve better protection by police and justice. Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities Zuhal Demir has readied a plan with 115 action points intended to make police and justice more alert, while also giving them more possibilities to act against homophobia and transphobia. “Because …

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Zuhal Demir in the clinch with Islam Party

9 May 2018
Zuhal Demir

Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities Zuhal Demir has succeeded in getting the Islam Party to show its true colours once again. During a TV debate in the current affairs programme “De Afspraak” on Tuesday, Redouane Ahrouch, the founder of the Islam Party, refused to look at Secretary of State …

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Matthias Diependaele addresses Juncker on the Catalan question in no uncertain terms

9 May 2018
Matthias Diependaele

“In my European Union, we do not tolerate brutal police violence against peaceful citizens.” Group leader in the Flemish Parliament Matthias Diependaele didn’t mince his words during the visit of the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, to the Flemish Parliament. The Catalan …

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Invitation - Ending QE: Why it's necessary and how to do it

9 May 2018
Danielle DiMartino Booth

Member of the European Parliament Sander Loones (N-VA/ECR) has been a vocal opponent of the ultra-loose monetary policy conducted by the ECB over the past years. On May 16, he is organising a workshop (12:00-14:30) on why it is necessary to end QE and how to do it. The workshop is the third of a …

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Total ban on bee-killing “neonics”

3 May 2018

Neonicotinoids must be banned, without exceptions in the form of transitional measures. The so-called “neonics” are harmful to bees and as a result to our agriculture and food safety as well. The federal Minister for Agriculture is advocating transitional measures, but the N-VA wants no such thing …

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