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Military intervention in Syria involves huge risks

4 September 2013

The use of chemical weapons in Syria meant that a line had been crossed. Nevertheless, the N-VA party remains reluctant with regard to military intervention. Nobody can guarantee that the Assad regime, if it finds itself with its back against the wall, will not use more of these atrocious weapons …

N-VA again proposes that the monarchy be modernised

16 July 2013

The majority parties of the federal government will not hear any mention of a reform of the monarchy. There is nevertheless in Flanders a clear consensus regarding the fact that the king should not be allowed to exercise any political power. With the impending change in monarch (editor’s note: Crown …

Ushering the monarchy into the 21st century

15 July 2013

Monarchy does not rhyme with democracy. However, as democrats we accept that today the majority of the population will not vote for a republic. In Flanders, there is nonetheless growing consensus that the King should no longer be allowed to play a political role. The N-VA advocates for the monarchy …

Sixth state reform: Flanders foots the bill

9 July 2013

With the sixth state reform, the Di Rupo federal government is transferring its cutbacks to Flanders. For the competences that the federal level is transferring to Flanders, it is only transferring 87% of the resources. This means that Flanders has to save 13% on child benefits, the woonbonus tax …

Almost a third of prisoners in Belgium illegal

8 July 2013

Of our country’s approximately 11,700 prisoners, 3,596 were residing illegally in Belgium at the start of the year, and this at a time when Belgium’s prisons are struggling with serious overpopulation. The N-VA therefore wants the federal government to step up efforts to call upon enforceable …

New tax increases are totally incomprehensible

1 July 2013

Belgium is confronted with a difficult economic climate and towering national debt, and is one of the countries in the world with the heaviest tax burdens. Yet the federal government is still treading the path of taxation. Interventions in budgetary control remain limited to slowed growth for …

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