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N-VA also approves Paris climate agreement

4 October 2016

The European Parliament has approved the Paris climate agreement, and the four N-VA MEPs are also lending their support to this historic agreement. Mark Demesmaeker emphasises the importance of this: “The Paris climate agreement is the first legally-binding climate agreement and aims to limit the …

Helga Stevens, candidate for President of the European Parliament

4 October 2016

The ECR group, of which the N-VA is part, has put forward Helga Stevens as candidate for President of the European Parliament. “I want to show that it is possible to be a President of the European Parliament who represents and unites the whole assembly and all MEPs,” Helga Stevens says. “Europe is …

Free train ticket is inappropriate propaganda stunt

3 October 2016

The Christian Democrat EPP group in the European Parliament is proposing to give a free train ticket to all 18 year olds, an initiative which would cost taxpayers EUR 1.9 billion a year: “money that will be cut from budgets for European research into, for example cancer,” fears MEP Anneleen Van …

No tax deduction for asylum seekers

30 September 2016

Asylum seekers without a professional income will from now on be taxed as non-residents in Belgium and are therefore no longer subject to our personal income tax. “As a result, they will no longer be able to enjoy a tax credit for dependent children,” says Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt …

Deaf community decries lack of status for sign language interpreters

28 September 2016

Interprètes en langue des signes : manque de reconnaissance

MEP Helga Stevens brought together more than a thousand deaf people from all over Europe this week at a conference in the European Parliament. At the conference, they called for improved status for sign language interpreters and a wider recognition of their sign languages. “It is a unique occasion, …

Flanders is teaching Europe to integrate

26 September 2016

The European Committee of the Regions has approved a report by Flemish Parliament Member Karl Vanlouwe on the integration of newcomers. In it, the way in which Flanders promotes language, knowledge and integration is spotlighted. Later this year, the report will be sent to all European institutions …

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