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Persistence wins: the N-VA proposal on reversing the nuclear power phase-out is finally being implemented

27 February 2024

After 11 (!) times, the N-VA proposal to amend the nuclear power phase-out law is finally being implemented. MP Bert Wollants’ proposal goes to the Council of State for an opinion, following an alternative majority in the Chamber with the Open Vld, MR and PS parties. “Finally a step forward and an …

The N-VA votes against the European Nature Restoration Law: “This goes too far”

27 February 2024

The plenary session of the European Parliament approved the European Nature Restoration Law today. Through this law, which is part of the Green Deal, targets and obligations are imposed on the Member States for the restoration of nature and ecosystems in Europe. The N-VA delegation voted against …

The Brussels renovation law is unrealistic, ill-considered and unfair

23 February 2024

The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region today approved Ecolo party minister Alain Maron’s renovation law. The law introduces a renovation obligation for all owners of a home with an energy certificate classified D to G. N-VA group chair Cieltje Van Achter calls the Renovation Act unrealistic, …

De Croo wants to convince Europe of pension reform with smoke and mirrors

21 February 2024

Europe has made the release of hundreds of millions of euros in recovery money dependent on measures that keep the pension bill within limits. “But this pension reform is insufficient to safeguard the statutory pension scheme,” argues MP and pension specialist Wim Van der Donckt when discussing the …

Cieltje Van Achter demands full transparency about an imam’s appearance in Brussels’ Parliament

19 February 2024

Cieltje Van Achter wants more information from Secretary of State Ben Hamou (PS party) about his involvement in the event in the Brussels Parliament in which the imam Muhammad Ansar Butt read out Koran verses in the Chamber of Representatives. Cieltje Van Achter: “I strongly condemn this religious …

The N-VA proposes 12 measures to restore order in the “drug neighbourhoods”

15 February 2024

A full escalation of drug violence in the capital can no longer be contained. The Peterbos social housing estate in Anderlecht is a base for the drug mafia, and drug violence is also flaring up in other working-class neighbourhoods such as Hallepoort and the Marolles. Due to the Brussels government …

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