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Making products and services more accessible to persons with a disability

25 April 2017
Rendre les produits et les services plus accessibles aux personnes handicapées

It must be easier for persons with a disability to make use of e-books, POS terminals and websites of audiovisual media services. The necessary legislation for this has been approved at the European Parliament. MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt, who co-negotiated in the matter, is satisfied: “Manufacturers …

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Free Wi-Fi: EU publicity stunt of 120 million euros

24 April 2017
Wifi gratuit : une publicité à 120 millions d’euros pour l’Europe

After the free Interrail Pass, which turned into a fiasco, the traditional groups in the European Parliament are now also supporting the proposal of the European Commission to dole out free Wi-Fi in the European Union by the end of this year. To the great displeasure of MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt, …

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Asylum seekers' profiles on social media can also be checked

21 April 2017
Les autorités pourront contrôler les profils sociaux des demandeurs d’asile

To ascertain whether asylum seekers are indeed telling the truth, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees can now also look at their profiles on social media. This is one of the adjustments through which the government has transposed the new European asylum procedural directive into …

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Capital gains tax: no, fair taxation: yes

20 April 2017
Bart De Wever

The N-VA remains opposed, in terms of content, to a capital gains tax. “But the idea of fair taxation is a very legitimate idea for me,” says Party Chairman Bart De Wever. Reaching a compromise with the other coalition parties to achieve greater tax justice is therefore definitely possible. One …

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OECD: Tax burden falls most substantially in Belgium

12 April 2017
OCDE : forte diminution de la charge fiscale en Belgique

According to a report from the OECD, Belgium is one of the organisation’s 35 member countries where the tax burden decreased most substantially in 2016. “This government has made efforts to reduce the tax burden, among other things through a tax shift,” Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt …

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Online tourism sector is not the Wild West

11 April 2017
Le secteur du tourisme en ligne n’est pas le Far West

The European Commission wants to make the online tourism sector more honest, MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt notes with satisfaction. “It's good that the Commission is sending the signal to big players that dominate the entire market that they have to respect the rules too. Indeed, they often mislead the …

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