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The N-VA is the first Flemish party ever to join the International Democracy Union (IDU)

7 December 2023

MEP Johan Van Overtveldt and MP Theo Francken were guests of the International Democracy Union (IDU) in Washington recently as delegates on behalf of the N-VA. The visit was part of the N-VA’s accession to this large international umbrella organisation, which had just been formally approved. This …

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Bart De Wever: “We want to have a debate on confederalism in Wallonia, too”

4 December 2023
Bart De Wever

N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever was extensively covered in the media last weekend after his statement in the Het Laatste Nieuws newspaper that the party is considering submitting lists for the federal elections in Wallonia as well. “It is time we also had a debate about confederalism in Wallonia, …

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Assita Kanko wants to introduce strict cryptocurrency rules more quickly to prevent Hamas financing

30 November 2023
Assita Kanko

In March this year, MEP Assita Kanko reached an agreement on behalf of the European Parliament with the Member States on stricter rules for tracking cryptocurrency transactions. Kanko now wants to implement these rules quickly to prevent terrorist organisations from using cryptocurrencies. Since …

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Assita Kanko reaches agreement on a law on collecting air passenger information

28 November 2023
Assita Kanko

The European Parliament’s Justice and Home Affairs Committee gave the green light today to the bill on the collection of passenger information by airlines. The new rules are part of the fight against terrorism and organised crime. Assita Kanko, the chief negotiator of this dossier, stresses the …

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Cooperation between the Brussels-Capital Region and Brussels municipalities remains a dead letter

23 November 2023
Mathias Vanden Borre

In order to achieve better cooperation between the Region and the 19 municipalities, it was decided in the 2019-2024 coalition agreement to set up the consultation platform “G+19”. “However, this intention remains a dead letter. The plan was simply stopped. During this period of government, not a …

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New Court of Audit report: European condemnation looms for Belgium

23 November 2023
Sander Loones

The European Commission placed Belgium almost completely at the bottom on Tuesday. Today, the Court of Audit has gone one step further. “In its annual budget analysis, the Court of Audit complains that Belgium is not reforming. 80% of the European recommendations are simply ignored by the De Croo …

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