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Referendum in Catalonia: the European Commission cannot keep looking the other way

1 October 2017

No democrat can remain unmoved by the images of state violence that reached us from Catalonia during today’s referendum on independence. It was a sad day for Europe. The Catalans have the right to express themselves, and that right was trampled underfoot today by state violence. That is …

European asylum policy needs a maximum limit

28 September 2017

The European Commission has issued a number of specific proposals to bring migration to Europe under control. For example, Member States may reintroduce internal border controls for a period of three years in case of a pertinent migration problem or terrorist threat. The Commission also wants the …

Macron’s EU doesn’t fit Europe

28 September 2017

It was a bold speech by French President Macron in the Sorbonne amphitheatre the day before yesterday, well-constructed and delivered with bravura. Maybe a tad too long though. It was a speech given with the eloquence only French politicians can muster. The content of the speech was also very …

Catalonia referendum: “No à la carte European human rights”

20 September 2017

L’Espagne boycotte la mission de commerce de la Flandre et de la Catalogne

Spain is deploying its Guardia Civil against the Catalan Government. The Spanish military police is currently carrying out multiple campaigns in various Catalan ministries, including the Ministries of Finance, Economy, Taxation and Social Affairs. The Spanish Government is thus carrying out a de …

Catalan Representative to the EU gives insight into independence referendum

19 September 2017

At a lecture on Catalonia and the upcoming referendum on independence, organized by N-VA International, Amadeu Altafaj, Permanent Representative of the Catalan Government to the European Union, explained why the upcoming referendum is democratically legitimate. The introduction was given by MP …

Residence fraud: amendment to the treaty with Morocco

18 September 2017

Sixty percent of Moroccan immigrants in our country already own property in Morocco. It is usually a house, but can also be land or a block of flats. Today, our tax authority already has data on who these owners are; however, the tax authority is still not permitted to pass on that information to …

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