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Assita Kanko: “Europe must build a wall”

5 February 2023

Our country is groaning under a new asylum crisis. We are the drain of the European pool. The situation in the Paleizenstraat, where hundreds of asylum seekers and illegal immigrants are crammed together, is becoming more dire by the day. “We must tackle the problem at its source. Europe must build …

The EU’s appetite for borrowing is a slippery slope

3 February 2023

"Europe’s new strategy of borrowing money on the capital markets risks transforming the bloc into a debt factory", says Johan Van Overtveldt, chair of the Committee on Budgets and the Recovery and Resilience Facility Working Group in the European Parliament in an opinion piece on politico.eu. The …

Geert Bourgeois on the European “Industrial Green Deal”: “A good thing, but Europe must not become protectionist”

2 February 2023

The European Commission proposes the Green Deal Industrial Plan in response to the American Inflation Reduction Act. That plan includes provision for more flexible rules on state aid, in response to the protectionist plans of the US. Geert Bourgeois, head of the European N-VA group delegation, is …

Assita Kanko: “Every parliamentarian must be free to defend his or her position”

2 February 2023

On the sidelines of the vote to waive the parliamentary immunity of MEPs Tarabella and Cozzolino in connection with the Qatargate bribery scandal, the European Parliament will also rule on the immunity of French MEP Nadine Morano. She is being accused of defamation in her own country because she …

N-VA delegation to Tihange nuclear power station to protest closure

31 January 2023

The Tihange 2 nuclear power station is closing its doors today. “The second victim of the De Croo government falls,” sighs MP and energy expert Bert Wollants. “That is while it is more important than ever today that we keep as many nuclear power stations open as long as possible to ensure our …

Brusafe is yet another Brussels financial debacle

25 January 2023

In 2016, the Brussels government decided to bring four safety schools - including the fire school and the police school - under one roof. In the meantime, the government has already spent more than EUR 11 million, while work on the safety school has still not started. The Blue Star buildings …

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