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N-VA wants fewer and better European rules

23 September 2015

“Europe should only pass legislation when this clearly offers added value,” says Anneleen Van Bossuyt, Member of the European Parliament. Her report on better regulation-making in the European internal market has already been ratified in the competent committee of the European Parliament. In this …

Long-term unemployed persons: Flanders is already doing more now than Europe requires

17 September 2015

European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs Marianne Thyssen (CD&V) has launched a European action plan for those who have been unemployed for more than one year. “But when it comes to assistance for the long-term unemployed, Flanders is already doing significantly better than what she …

N-VA wishes to link child allowance payments to length of stay

12 September 2015

Federal MP Sarah Smeyers has a bill ready that would only grant full child allowance payments to people who have lived in Belgium for at least four of the past ten years. “It is precisely this child allowance system that appears to make Belgium too attractive and results in too heavy an influx of …

Asylum crisis: “All Member States must take responsibility within strong European borders”

9 September 2015

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker devoted nearly his entire State of the Union address to the asylum crisis. “Actually, we can only make an assessment of his speech once we know more about the specific elements of the plans that he presented,” says Sander Loones, N-VA vice-chairman …

Asylum crisis: N-VA also advocates for realism within Europe

7 September 2015

The N-VA delegation in the European Parliament has proposed 10 specific measures for more effectively dealing with the asylum crisis. The four Members of the European Parliament want the EU to go back to its basic values: solidarity, but also responsibility. They advocate a system of mandatory …

Additional resources for repatriating asylum seekers who have exhausted all legal remedies

5 September 2015

The government has given the Immigration Service (DVZ) the green light for additional resources. As a result of this, capacity at the Service’s detention centres can be increased: from 452 to 605 places (+34%). However, increased capacity requires increased staffing, and so an additional 97 …

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