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No export of weapons from Flanders to Saudi-Arabia

6 January 2016
No export of weapons from Flanders to Saudi-Arabia

The Flemish Prime Minister Geert Bourgeois has refused a permit for delivery of military equipment to Saudi-Arabia. The refusal is based on the country's involvement in the war in Yemen. By doing so the Flemish Government unequivocally shoulders its responsibility. Bourgeois makes word good …

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Government reforms military and police

23 December 2015

At the tail end of 2015, the Belgian government has concluded a number of structural and substantial agreements for several key areas, such as security and defence. More specifically, it concerns the future of the military and the core tasks of the police. In the future plan for Defence, 9.2 …

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N-VA persuades European Parliament to maintain nature laws

22 December 2015
N-VA persuades European Parliament to maintain nature laws

The Environmental Committee of the European Parliament supports Mark Demesmaeker in his appeal not to revise existing nature laws, but rather to better and more fully implement them. "We must invest in the wealth of nature," the Member of European Parliament states. "Because biodiversity is …

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Thousands of jobs created by e-commerce agreement

22 December 2015
Thousands of jobs created by e-commerce agreement

The Belgian government has decided to sanction night work in e-commerce. There is a framework agreement with general agreements within the distribution industry, which can be elaborated upon per business. Member of Parliament Werner Janssen is satisfied: "Instead of destroying jobs, we give our e …

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Brussels hopelessly late with civic integration

17 December 2015
Brussels hopelessly late with civic integration

Brussels member of parliament Liesbet Dhaene regrets that the Brussels civic integration policy still has a long way to go. "Brussels Prime Minister Vervoort minimizing the importance of civic integration is not due to being divorced from reality, but purely to political self-preservation," is her …

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Nature does not need humans. On the contrary, we are dependent on it.

15 December 2015
Nature does not need humans. On the contrary, we are dependent on it.

"Stopping loss of biodiversity is not only necessary for nature itself, but also for socio-economic reasons," three N-VA members of parliament write in an open letter to the European Ministers of the Environment. One of them is European Parliament member Mark Demesmaker, author of the biodiversity …

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