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Europe targeting small Member States

7 March 2018

Europe is applying double standards in its analysis of tax policy in Belgium. The country is accused of making it easy for companies to avoid taxes by means of aggressive tax planning. Minister of Finance and the Combating of Tax Fraud Johan Van Overtveldt reacts with astonishment to the European …

Sly Selmayr besmirches the EU

7 March 2018

The sly appointment of Martin Selmayr as Secretary-General of the European Commission besmirches the image of the European Union. Last week, Selmayr was promoted at lightning speed with no clear procedure or opponents. MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt is indignant: “The European elite shows yet again how …

Flanders approves trade agreement with Canada

2 March 2018

The Flemish Government has definitively approved the CETA trade agreement with Canada. This approval has put Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois over the moon. “This is the best signal to all our trading partners, and Canada in particular, that Flanders is an open economy that doesn’t put up …

No solidarity without responsibility

1 March 2018

Europe must review the regulations concerning state aid to the banking sector. The taxpayer is still coughing up considerable sums for banking mismanagement. That’s the message in a report critical of the European banking union. The author of that report is MEP Sander Loones: “Although growth in …

A half-hearted fight against social dumping

1 March 2018

The new European regulations against social dumping are a step in the right direction. From now on, an Eastern European construction worker must be paid the same as his or her Flemish counterpart. However, the fight is only being half fought, according to MEPs Helga Stevens and Mark Demesmaeker …

Simpler and more secure labour migration with the “permis unique”

28 February 2018

Foreign workers who want to reside in Belgium in order to work will from now on be issued with a single combined permit. In this regard, the federal government and the regions have concluded a cooperation agreement. With the “permis unique”, Belgium is aligning itself with the European legislation …

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