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N-VA hopes Di Rupo quickly draws up formation memo

18 May 2011

The N-VA hopes that PS President Elio Di Rupo will draw up as quickly as possible a real government formation memo clearly showing what he must achieve intrinsically, and with whom. We have understood that Elio Di Rupo will first hold a series of bilateral meetings with all of the parties and, in …

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38 per cent of prison inmates in Flanders are of foreign origin

18 May 2011

Approximately 40% of prison inmates in Belgium are not of Belgian nationality. And a quarter of those are not even recorded in the population register. In the prisons of Brussels, 58% of prisoners are of foreign extraction, of whom 40% are illegally present or have non-permanent residence permits …

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Bulgaria and Romania not ready for accession to Schengen

18 May 2011

Bulgaria and Romania are not ready for accession to Schengen. This is the view of the N-VA, which makes reference to a Europol report. That report states that accession to Schengen, due to the flawed justice system in both countries, plays into the hands of criminal gangs from the Balkans. Already, …

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Belgian government negotiations must increase momentum

11 May 2011

On Sunday 1 May, N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever called for negotiations on the formation of a new federal government to gain momentum. Indeed, if talks continue at their present pace, we will never reach an agreement. At the same time Bart De Wever has made it perfectly clear that under no …

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Nationalism is triumphing

6 May 2011

Nationalism in Scotland and the Basque Country is currently experiencing remarkable triumphs. Hot on the heels of the terrific results of the Catalan independence referendum at the beginning of April, the Scottish National Party (SNP) thundered home with an absolute majority in recent regional …

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Room for new Flemish policy

2 May 2011

“The only government in this country that will be able to conclude 2011 with a balanced budget is the Flemish Government,” confirmed Flemish Minister for Finance and Budget Philippe Muyters on Monday at the presentation of the annual budget check. Flanders is also getting an unconstrained policy …

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