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Strongest decrease in Flemish unemployment since 2011

4 November 2016

At the end of last month, 220,920 unemployed people were registered at the Flemish Employment Agency VDAB as job seekers. That is 9,159 - or 4 percent - less than last year. The last time the number of people looking for a job declined so quickly compared to the previous year was in 2011. It is …

Withdrawing European support for Turkey to join the EU

4 November 2016

The N-VA is alarmed by the situation in North-Kurdistan (Turkey). Once again, multiple political leaders, elected representatives and members of HDP, the biggest pro-Kurdish opposition party, have been arrested. The reason for their arrest according to Turkish authorities is “provision of support …

Curbing false acknowledgements

28 October 2016

The Belgian government has approved a draft bill that State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Theo Francken and minister of Justice Koen Geens (CD&V) wish to use to preventively tackle the problem of false acknowledgements. “We especially want to prevent children from being acknowledged just to …

Insufficient focus on security and migration in EU budget

26 October 2016

The N-VA delegation in the European Parliament has voted against the EU budget for 2017 because it contains insufficient focus on security and migration. “Less than 9% of the budget is reserved for measures aimed at strengthening the security and asylum policy,” European Parliament member Sander …

Fewer social and tax benefits for newcomers

26 October 2016

Because newcomers can too easily enjoy generous social protection in Belgium without having contributed in any way, the Belgian government wishes to limit the social and tax benefits for this group further. “We must guard the borders of our social security and the scarce budgetary resources,” says …

Government websites more accessible for persons with a disability

25 October 2016

The European Parliament has approved new legislation that will ensure that persons with a disability have easier access to the internet, in particular websites of government services. “An important step forwards,” says MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt, who took part in the negotiations on the legislation …

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