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Turkey does not belong in the European Union

8 March 2016

At the summit between the European Union and Turkey about the refugee crisis which drags on unabated, the European heads of state and government leaders have not reached an agreement. The talks focused on strengthening European borders and collaboration between the EU and Turkey. The goal is to …

The European approach to social dumping lacks ambition

5 March 2016

L’approche européenne en matière de dumping social a besoin de plus d’ambition

With a new guideline about secondments, the European Commission wishes to fight unfair competition on the internal market. That is good news for enterprises and employees, especially in the construction, cleaning and transport industries, because many Flemish SMEs are still under pressure from …

N-VA counts on broad consensus for intervention in Syria

3 March 2016

La N-VA compte sur un large consensus pour une intervention en Syrie

The N-VA supports the Belgian government’s plan to possibly conduct a military intervention in Syria. The American minister of Defence has requested our country’s assistance. Until now, Belgium was only active in Iraq, but starting from July, the government also wishes to fight IS in Syria. “As …

Dear Merkelites, be honest about your Europe

3 March 2016

Angela Merkel invites the whole world over on her own. And then looks to her neighbours to accommodate her guests. With her phrase “Wir schaffen das”, the German Chancellor is claiming to speak for the entire EU. At the same time, Greece is threatening to wield EU vetoes if it were to be forced to …

N-VA supports European aid fund for refugee shelter

2 March 2016

The European Commission has proposed a new European aid fund. This must allow rapid extension of emergency aid to member states faced with a large influx of asylum seekers which, like Greece, they are unable to handle on their own. The coming three years, a total of 700 million will be made …

Investigating the Volkswagen scandal