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Geert Bourgeois: “Northern Ireland Brexit agreement hopefully offers scope for improved EU-UK cooperation”

27 February 2023

Former Flemish Minister-President and current MEP Geert Bourgeois is pleased that an agreement has finally been reached on the long Brexit saga of the Northern Ireland Protocol: “The Westminster agreement includes good lines that we have long supported, and hopefully also provides perspective for …

The Vivaldi government is not as supportive of earthquake victims as it claims to be

24 February 2023

“Announcing EUR 13 million in aid and actually granting only EUR 4 million in new aid, you have to be in a Vivaldi party for that,” says MP Kathleen Depoorter. In the week after the disastrous earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the federal government announced that it would provide EUR 5 million in …

Still no transparency in most Brussels mosques

23 February 2023

The database of local religious communities, which is meant to enable the Brussels-Capital Region to map the unrecognised local religious communities in Brussels, is not yet operational. “Such a reliable database is nevertheless crucial to gain an overview of all local religious communities and in …

Assita Kanko wants a debate in the European Parliament on the failing Belgian asylum policy

22 February 2023

This week, MEP Assita Kanko examined the asylum policies of Belgium, France and the Netherlands. She did so with a delegation of seven MEPs from six European political groups. Following the visit and recent developments, Kanko wants a debate in the European Parliament. “The federal government is …

Maaike De Vreese: “Maximum support for European newcomers to enter integration courses”

21 February 2023

In addition to more than 30,000 temporarily displaced Ukrainians, nearly another 42,000 adult newcomers were also eligible for civic integration in Flanders in 2022. It is striking that there are many Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and Spanish newcomers. That group alone accounts for almost 40% of all …

Zuhal Demir and Theo Francken: “Sticking asylum seekers in hotels without local authorities knowing is unacceptable”

16 February 2023

Flemish Minister for Tourism Zuhal Demir is appalled by the way federal Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration Nicole de Moor (CD&V party) is allowing asylum seekers to be transferred and accommodated in tourist infrastructure without informing the local authorities concerned. MP Theo Francken …

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