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8 January 2024

Every two weeks, all 19 French-speaking Brussels mayors meet in the Conference of Brussels Mayors. However, exactly what is discussed and decided there usually remains behind closed doors. Officially, this is because the Conference “is not an official Brussels body”. “It’s total nonsense,” say …

20 December 2023

In a joint statement, former State Secretary Theo Francken and MEP Assita Kanko express their concern about the European Pact on Migration and Asylum on which the European Parliament and the Member States recently reached an agreement. They point out fundamental shortcomings: “The basic philosophy …

19 December 2023

MPs Gilles Verstraeten (Brussels), Annabel Tavernier (Flanders) and Sigrid Goethals (federal parliament) have drawn up an action plan on language in Brussels hospitals. The tragic incident of the death of baby Cisse from Roosdaal in a Brussels hospital is the straw that broke the camel’s back for …

19 December 2023

MEP Assita Kanko was awarded the Oriana Fallaci Prize in Rome for her unconditional commitment to protecting European values and the freedom of expression, against the rampant dictatorship of cancel culture and political correctness and for her fight for women’s rights and equal opportunities. “I …

12 December 2023

The European Parliament wants to encourage the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). The European N-VA delegation is satisfied that European minds have finally shifted regarding nuclear power. “It is unbelievable and actually highly irresponsible that it took so long, but now that we are …

8 December 2023

MEP Assita Kanko, together with well-known women, uses a video message to call on world leaders to condemn the Hamas rapes of 7 October and prosecute the perpetrators. “The suffering of Jewish women in the villages surrounding the Gaza Strip touched me deeply. We must not keep this silent out of …