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East Africa needs help

5 August 2011

The Horn of Africa is being affected by serious drought. The rising food prices, the high loss of livestock, armed conflicts and extremely limited access for aid workers in certain areas is only making the situation worse. More than 10 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia are …

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Flemings losing out from the federal government negotiations

22 July 2011

The N-VA is extremely disappointed that the CD&V and other Flemish parties are willing to negotiate further on the federal coalition agreement based on Di Rupo's memo. The informateur's bills are, for Flemings in the Vlaamse Rand (Flemish periphery), nevertheless a dramatically poor starting …

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N-VA says a clear ‘no’ to Di Rupo note

7 July 2011

“After thoroughly reading ‘formateur’ Elio Di Rupo’s note and the technical analyses of my colleagues, it has become clear to me that this note is, for the N-VA, really not a good basis for further negotiations,” N-VA Chairman Bart De Wever explained at a press conference. “We are of the opinion …

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N-VA wants more transparent adoption policy

6 July 2011

Flemish candidate parents for the adoption of a child from a foreign country must be given more clarity and certainty in the future. Adoption procedures in Flanders are currently obscure and often drag on for years. In order to deal quickly with this uncertainty, Flanders’ majority partners, i.e …

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Women quota not a solution for N-VA

30 June 2011

The N-VA tabled five amendments in the Senate with regard to the bill on the mandatory quota for women in the governing boards of both state-managed and private companies. With these amendments, the N-VA showed it is prepared to introduce quotas in state companies because they can fulfil an …

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Philippe Muyters: new kid on the block

29 June 2011

It was an offer he couldn’t refuse. Philippe Muyters swore he would never go into politics, but when the then head of the Flemish chamber of commerce was asked by party colleague Bart de Wever to act as Flemish minister of finance, budget, work, town planning and sports, he rode the N-VA popularity …

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