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The N-VA party supports the Flemish coalition agreement

26 July 2014

The N-VA party has approved participation in the Flemish Government and the Flemish coalition agreement. The N-VA party congress, the highest party body, in which all members enjoy the right to speak and vote, had already given its blessing. During the discussion in the Flemish Parliament, the N …

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N-VA Party Congress approves VVV agreement

24 July 2014

This evening, the N-VA party congress, the highest party body, approved by an overwhelming majority the participation in the Flemish Government and the Flemish governmental agreement. The party council then appointed Geert Bourgeois as Minister-President. Liesbeth Homans, Ben Weyts and Philippe …

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7.5 percent fewer civil servants in Flanders: minister Bourgeois exceeds savings targets

18 July 2014

By June 2014, the Flemish Government wanted to reduce the number of civil servants by 6.5 percent. This target has been easily achieved and even exceeded. This was revealed by figures from Minister-President and Flemish Minister for Administrative Affairs Geert Bourgeois. Under his impetus, …

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European citizen demands change but gets more of the same

15 July 2014

With the majority of votes in the European Parliament behind him the former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, can now officially call himself the President of the new European Commission. “A missed opportunity”, in the N-VA’s opinion, which would rather see the EU set off in a new …

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First time at the European level

3 July 2014

A new world opened up this week for three of our four Members of the European Parliament. They set off for the first time to the French city of Strasbourg for the inaugural meeting of the newly elected European Parliament. Mark Demesmaeker, who has already successfully represented the N-VA in the …

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N-VA finds greatest autonomy and shared euro-realism with the ECR group

18 June 2014

In the European Parliament the N-VA is joining the ‘European Conservatives and Reformists’ (ECR). “We chose the political group that guarantees our greatest possible autonomy to freely determine our standpoints and voting decisions”, explains European top candidate Johan Van Overtveldt. “There is …

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