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Geert Bourgeois on the Brexit agreement: “This doesn’t mean that everything is a bed of roses”

25 December 2020

At the last minute, the EU and the United Kingdom reached an agreement for an orderly Brexit. It puts an end to a period of great legal uncertainty four and a half years after the referendum. “This doesn’t mean that everything is a bed of roses,” MEP Geert Bourgeois warns. “Even though there will …

Ben Weyts is proven right by the European Court of Justice on unanaesthetised slaughter

17 December 2020

“We’re making history today,” says Flemish Minister of Animal Welfare Ben Weyts, who is delighted with the European Court of Justice ruling on the Flemish ban on unanaesthetised slaughter. “The European Court of Justice confirms that Flanders isn’t violating religious freedom by mandating …

Brussels’ governing parties against investigation by the Court of Audit into Actiris

16 December 2020

Within the Economy and Employment Committee of the Brussels Parliament, the governing parties voted against a resolution that instructs the Court of Audit to investigate Actiris’s previous public tenders and contracts. At issue is a contract worth almost one million euros that the Director-General …

The European Digital Services Act is welcome, but must not stifle SMEs

15 December 2020

The European N-VA delegation welcomes the Commission’s proposal on the Digital Services Act. “There’s an urgent need for uniform, transparent rules to protect consumers and provide legal certainty for companies,” says N-VA delegation head Geert Bourgeois. “In order to play a role on the world stage …

Send a Christmas card to Catalonia

14 December 2020

For the third time in a row, seven men and two women are spending Christmas behind bars because they are defending an independent Catalonia. This is reprehensible for a European constitutional state. The N-VA is continuing to work for their release. Show your solidarity You too can support them …

Geert Bourgeois on Brexit: “85% of European Brexit support must go to Flanders.”

13 December 2020

“If you looked at it rationally, you’d say that it’s in everyone’s interests to come to an agreement,” said MEP and former Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois, speaking about the Brexit negotiations again on the Zevende Dag television programme. “A no-deal Brexit means a loss for everyone,” …

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