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Assita Kanko on the Reynders rule of law report: “Strong states governed by the rule of law are essential for the future of the EU”

30 September 2020

Today, the European Commission and the European Commissioner responsible for the rule of law, Didier Reynders, published the very first EU-wide report on the rule of law. The report addresses four issues in all 27 EU countries: the justice systems, the fight against corruption, media pluralism and …

Purple-green agreement: there’s no lack of new taxes, but there’s a lack of ambitious reforms

30 September 2020

The N-VA considers it indefensible that in these extremely precarious times, this country will be federally governed by a purple-green government without a democratic majority on the Flemish side. If this government completes its term, this country will have been governed without the full …

Flanders has the best renovation strategy in Europe after Spain

24 September 2020

Flanders and Finland are just behind Spain in having Europe’s best long-term renovation strategy. That is what Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE), the independent European study centre on the energy efficiency of buildings, says in a new report. While Flanders scores 3.3 out of 5, the …

The Brexit fund of 5 billion euros is not enough

21 September 2020

“In the interest of Flanders, we must avoid Brexit ending in a nasty divorce: that is why a deal has to be made. And a Brexit fund made available of more than the 5 billion euros currently earmarked.” That was the message the N-VA gave to European Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday during …

Flemish Industry Forum aims to make Flanders into a leading European industrial region

18 September 2020

On Friday 18 September 2020, the first meeting of the Flemish Industry Forum took place in the offices of Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon. Besides Jan Jambon, who presided over the meeting, and co-chair Minister Hilde Crevits, Ministers Bart Somers, Ben Weyts and Zuhal Demir as well as …

Where’s Rudi? The N-VA’s scathing analysis of the policy in Brussels