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Free Wi-Fi will not improve the citizen’s connection to Europe

6 December 2016

In the coming years, the European Commission wants to spend 120 million euros on Wi-Fi installations in European cities and municipalities. “This is the umpteenth attempt to buy favour with a freebie and also to divert attention from the shaky house that the European Union has become,” says MEP …

Learning from the USA to avoid a new Dieselgate

5 December 2016

At the European investigation committee into Dieselgate, a study has been proposed that compares the European and American emissions legislation. “In Europe we have cars that are clean in the lab but not on the road,” notes MEP Mark Demesmaeker. “Europe has big technical and structural shortcomings …

The paradigm shift of the Michel government

5 December 2016

The present government’s budget work is being roundly criticised, the N-VA observes. But what are not being adequately clarified are the movements between income, expenditure and debts that have taken place in Belgium over the last eight years. To get a better perception of this, we decided to …

EU unjustifiably rewards Erdogan with 595 million euros

2 December 2016

The European N-VA delegation has voted against the EU budget for 2017 which has in the meantime been approved. “We are disappointed in the European policy choices,” says MEP Sander Loones. “Above all the fact that Erdogan is being given European money to the tune of 595 million euros is something I …

Europe and US reconcile strong anti-terror approach and respect for privacy

1 December 2016

The European Parliament has approved an agreement between the EU and the US on the exchange of personal data to combat terrorism and organized crime. MEP Helga Stevens, who was a shadow rapporteur on this dossier, reacted satisfied: "Never before have Europe and the US reached such a high level of …

Restoring trust and confidence in the European Parliament

30 November 2016

Helga Stevens, candidate for President of the European Parliament

The ECR group, of which the N-VA is part, has put forward Helga Stevens as candidate for President of the European Parliament. As this Flemish MEP explains in an op-ed for the independent online newspaper EUobserver, her main ambition is to end the so-called 'G5' backroom dealings and give …

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