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Zuhal Demir gets the green light from Europe for the voluntary pig farmers’ buyout scheme

9 March 2023

Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir has developed a voluntary cessation scheme for pig farms in order to achieve an overall reduction of the pig stock and a decrease in ammonia emissions by 2030. The European Commission announced today that it has given the green light for the …

Assita Kanko wants an investigation into and measures against increasing violence against police

7 March 2023

MEP Assita Kanko organised a meeting in the European Parliament today with representatives of police organisations from various European countries on violence against police officers. Kanko wants more investigation into this at the European level. “Police officers must have a voice in Europe.” At …

The N-VA is requesting mandatory registration with Actiris of Brussels social tenants who are fit for work

2 March 2023

Figures requested by Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre show that barely 35 lease agreements were terminated by Brussels social housing companies in 2022 due to the social tenant’s income being too high. That is out of a total of 36,000 occupied dwellings. “Social housing appears to be part of the …

The N-VA is requesting a ban on TikTok for government employees

1 March 2023

Wifi gratuit : une publicité à 120 millions d’euros pour l’Europe

MP Michael Freilich is calling on the De Croo government to ban TikTok for government employees. He is doing this following similar steps taken by the European Commission, the US, Canada and the Netherlands. Freilich tabled a resolution on this in parliament two years ago and hopes that minds have …

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 …

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