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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 …

The ban on slaughter without stunning is also upheld at the European level

13 February 2024

The European Court of Human Rights rules that the ban on slaughter without stunning that applies in Flanders and Wallonia does not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. Flemish Minister for Animal Welfare Ben Weyts is delighted: “We are making history today. This ruling means that the …

Never before have so many Brussels appointments violated the language law

7 February 2024

On the initiative of the N-VA, the Vice-Governor of Brussels was invited to present his annual report in the Flemish Parliament. The results speak volumes: never before have so many appointments to Brussels local authorities and Public Social Welfare Centres (OCMWs) been in violation of the …

Zuhal Demir: “The new European climate targets amount to incomprehensible and unfeasible bidding”

6 February 2024

The Flemish Energy and Climate Plan 2030 was only just approved by the Flemish government last year, and the European Commission wanted to start discussing the 2040 CO2 reduction targets immediately. Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir found this incomprehensible. “The European train rumbles …

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