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New European fiscal rules: “Good, but discipline will be needed.”

23 April 2024

The European Parliament approved the new European fiscal rules today. The initial rules, laid down in the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, are retained: the maximum debt ratio of Member States may not exceed 60% of the gross domestic product (GDP). The budget deficit may also only reach a maximum of 3% …

The N-VA wants 19 Brussels municipalities to become one city region

22 April 2024

If it were up to the N-VA, the 19 Brussels municipalities would be merged and transformed into one city region. This is what the N-VA states in its programme for the elections in Brussels. The party has 10 priorities with which it also wants to bring about a much-needed turnaround in Brussels and …

The PS party enters into a pact with the extreme left to stop the Animal Welfare Code

19 April 2024

After the Brussels governing parties failed to reach an agreement on Minister Clerfayt’s new Animal Welfare Code, the opposition parties N-VA, MR and cd&v, together with PS party MP Julien Uyttendaele, decided to submit the legal text to Parliament themselves. Parliament declared the text …

“In a military conflict, Belgium will not be a help, but a burden”

18 April 2024

MP and member of the NATO parliament Theo Francken once again calls for an urgent and robust scaling up of our defence capability. “Our ammunition stocks are almost empty. Soon, we will actually have to shout ‘bang bang’. If a conflict ever arises, Belgium will not be able to provide help, but …

Assita Kanko: “The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum is still a missed opportunity”

11 April 2024

The European Parliament finally voted on a new migration pact. MEP Assita Kanko acknowledges that the pact is based on good intentions, but points to the half-solutions it offers. “In the end, this pact is still a missed opportunity. It will not prevent the uncontrolled influx of migrants.” “The …

Brussels has become a squat city

3 April 2024

There is no escaping it in Brussels: squatters enter one building or another every week. Brussels has become a true squat city, with squatted buildings being regarded as an alternative shelter circuit for (illegal) migrants. The risks cannot be underestimated: fires in squats are commonplace …

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