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Government must continue reforming and cutting costs

14 June 2017
Government must continue reforming and cutting costs

Following the European Commission and the IMF, the OECD and the Belgian Federal Planning Bureau, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) is now also expecting to achieve higher economic growth in this and in the coming years: 1.6% to be precise. By way of comparison, this growth was 1.2% last year. All …

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Anneleen Van Bossuyt candidate president of important EU committee

14 June 2017
Anneleen Van Bossuyt

The ECR group in the European Parliament has put forward MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt as Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO). “I am especially grateful to the ECR group for its confidence in me,” a satisfied Anneleen Van Bossuyt responds. “It is with exceptional …

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Automatic revocation of terrorists’ nationality

13 June 2017
Automatic revocation of terrorists’ nationality

Among other things, N-VA is looking to see convicted terrorists automatically lose their Belgian nationality. “If you still don’t lose your right to Belgian nationality carrying out such crimes - or even by being complicit in them or just having the intent to carry them out - when exactly should …

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New European energy labels must ensure lower energy bills

13 June 2017
New European energy labels must ensure lower energy bills

Following in the footsteps of the competent committee, the whole European Parliament has now also given the green light for new European energy labels for electronic devices. “These are intended to steer consumers towards choosing the most energy-efficient products more quickly,” says MEP Anneleen …

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EU must invest more in research and innovation

13 June 2017
EU must invest more in research and innovation

Since 2014, the European Union has given subsidies to ground-breaking research and innovation in its 28 Member States through the Horizon 2020 programme. The European Parliament want to see an increased sense of ambition in this regard and is calling in a new resolution that would see a substantial …

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Catalans decide on independence on 1 October

9 June 2017
Catalans decide on independence on 1 October

“Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic?” That is the question that is being presented to the citizens of Catalonia on 1 October of this year. With this, President Carles Puigdemont is fulfilling his promise to organise an independence referendum. The N-VA …

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