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Strategie 2025: did Brussels even want the Flemish signature?

17 June 2015

The N-VA seriously doubts if the Brussels plan for the future, “Strategie 2025”, will create a new economic dynamic in Brussels. Member of Brussels Parliament Cieltje Van Achter (N-VA) sees the proposed plan mainly as “a complex jumble of 18 steering committees for 18 goals, divided into even more …

Important new steps in the fight against radicalism and terrorism

12 June 2015

At the beginning of this year, the federal government presented a complete package of twelve new measures in the fight against radicalism and terrorism. Part of this is now ready for implementation. During the budgetary control in March, the government had earmarked an additional 200 million euros …

EY study shows that change is coming

4 June 2015

According to the annual EY activity meter, Belgium is number 5 on the list of most attractive European countries for foreign investors. It also shows that the reform policy of the federal government has increased the faith of investors in our economy. To N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever, the study …

Junckers investment fund to reinforce recovery policy

29 May 2015

The European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers reached an agreement about the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). This must result in 315 billion euros’ worth of extra investments in, among other things, research and innovation, infrastructure and SMEs …

European Parliament votes in favour of ambitious free trade agreement with America

28 May 2015

The European Parliament voted on the TTIP, the free trade agreement the EU wishes to conclude with the US. At the same time, the Parliament formulated several interesting recommendations to reach a balanced and well-supported agreement. Since June 2013, the European Union and the United Nations …

Ten measures for a fairer tax system and a decrease in labour costs

21 May 2015

The federal government has approved the bill for the Programme Law. This also includes ten measures for a fairer tax system. “This first tax shift represents a costs shift of about two billion euros in favour of companies and citizens,” Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt (N-VA) explains. “The …

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