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Tech giants must treat Flemish SMEs better

26 April 2018

SMEs deserve better treatment by tech giants like Amazon and Google. Europe is developing new rules intended to ensure that SMEs get a better service from the online platforms on which they offer their products. Furthermore, those platforms must offer greater insights into how their search engines …

A safer Schengen with ETIAS

26 April 2018

Thanks to the new ETIAS system, visa-free travellers will finally be subjected to a thorough screening when they wish to enter the Schengen area. ETIAS stands for European Travel Information and Authorisation System. When a visa-free traveller comes to a Schengen country, he or she will soon need …

Europe limits use of anonymous prepaid credit cards in its fight against terror

19 April 2018

Europe is limiting the use of anonymous prepaid credit cards. This is one of the most important elements in the revision of the Anti-money laundering Directive that the European Parliament is approving today. MEP Helga Stevens considers this an important step forward in the fight against terror: …

Traditional European parties see the EU as a cash machine

18 April 2018

“Traditional European parties treat the European Union like a cash machine.” MEP Sander Loones is adopting a critical attitude towards a number of European dossiers. “The question of whether money is spent efficiently does not appear to be their main concern. And they still do not realise that this …

Macron opts for outdated European recipes

17 April 2018

“If Macron truly wishes to be of service to Europe, he should focus on the absolute essence of what citizens want: jobs, security and curbing migration.” MEP Parliament Sander Loones mainly heard outdated recipes in the speech by French president Emmanuel Macron to the European Parliament. In …

No sharia in Flanders

6 April 2018

Anyone wanting a society in which men and women live separately from each other should not be in Flanders. The N-VA responds with great incredulity and incomprehension to reports in the press about the Islam Party and a driving school intended exclusively for women. The message in the reactions …

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