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With more than one million votes, the N-VA remains the largest people’s party in Flanders

10 June 2024

On the evening of Sunday 9 June, the N-VA was the big surprise of the elections in Flanders. Despite opinion polls always predicting a loss for the Flemish nationalist party in recent years, many times estimating the share at less than 20%, the N-VA held up very well. Better yet, it grew in both …

Bart De Wever: “Working is not sufficiently rewarded in Belgium”

23 May 2024

In the run-up to the elections, we continue to read reports in some media stating that working people are mainly imagining problems. That is not at all the case. “The facts are clear,” states N-VA chairman Bart De Wever. Nowhere in the Western world is the tax burden on labour higher than in …

The N-VA MEPs are the best in Flanders

17 May 2024

A KU Leuven report shows that the N-VA MEPs were the most active of all Flemish MEPs. Johan Van Overtveldt, Assita Kanko and Geert Bourgeois all excelled in legislative work during the past administrative period. Van Overtveldt was also recently chosen as the “most influential MEP”. The scores in …

Not more Europe, but a better Europe

15 May 2024

The N-VA presented its European programme for the upcoming elections at a press conference. “The European Union must focus on its core tasks: a resolute choice for more prosperity and growth, a fiscal path without debt and additional taxes, and the protection of its citizens and our values and …

Hardly any screening of foreign properties owned by Brussels social tenants

15 May 2024

The answer to a question from Brussels MP Mathias Vanden Borre shows that in 2023-2024, only six social lease agreements were terminated due to ownership of a (foreign) property.  “In his response, State Secretary Ben Hamou (PS party) confirmed that there is no real screening for owning foreign …

The citizen survey “Toekomsten van Brussel” has resulted in an insignificant document

30 April 2024

The final report of the Toekomsten van Brussel (Futures of Brussels) was presented in the Brussels Parliament. This is the name of the long-announced States General during which institutional questions about the organisation of the municipalities, Public Social Welfare Centres (OCMWs), police zones …

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