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Bert Wollants says: “Van der Straeten simply sticks to her own dogmas to push the nuclear phase-out through”

3 December 2021

“While a nuclear renaissance is blowing across Europe, here we are continuing to use a massive amount of taxpayers’ money for dirtier air and electricity.” MP and N-VA energy specialist Bert Wollants is extremely displeased about green Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten’s request to close the …

The N-VA is critical of the idea of a green boulevard on the A12

1 December 2021

Naturally, the Brussels plans to reduce the A12 in Brussels to just one lane were also discussed in the Flemish Parliament. Flemish MP Inez De Coninck, who lives in the Flemish periphery of Brussels, took the floor. “This will cause more traffic jams on the way into Brussels and will force …

The migration chaos reveals Brussels’ administrative failure

30 November 2021

“Brussels is the best example that the open borders model based on human trafficking is ultimately inhumane and destructive.” For Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre and MP Theo Francken, it is clear: Brussels itself created the migration chaos it denounces. Transmigrants have been camping at the …

Europe points out the shaky Belgian budget

26 November 2021

The European Commission presented its analysis of the Belgian budgets in the House of Representatives today. But what is framed by the Vivaldi government as a relatively decent report turns out to have very shaky foundations. “The very lowest economic growth in Europe is expected in Belgium,” …

The Vivaldi government will not decide on a nuclear power phase-out in November

25 November 2021

MP Bert Wollants questioned Energy Minister Van der Straeten today about the lack of a decision on whether or not to keep the last two nuclear power plants open after 2025. After all, the coalition agreement states that the government will decide on the nuclear power phase-out in November 2021 …

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