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Nobel Prize winner Nadia Murad visits the Flemish Parliament

25 March 2019

Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois received Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad at the Flemish Parliament on Monday morning. He also announced the release of 250,000 euros for the reconstruction of the Yazidi region in Iraq and for the fight against sexual abuse. Nadia Murad was kidnapped …

New European copyright opens the door to censorship

22 March 2019

“Authors must be compensated fairly, but this legislation will not make that happen. What it does do, however, is restrict internet freedom and prevent low-threshold access to information.” MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt does not see the benefit in the modernisation of copyright that will be voted on by …

New European rules for social security open the doors to welfare tourism

20 March 2019

“It is incomprehensible that Europe is ignoring the concerns of its citizens when it comes to maintaining a strong social security system.” MEP Helga Stevens is dismayed by the new European social security rules. Under them, EU citizens will be able to get unemployment benefits in Belgium after …

Leader in the fight against the trade in ivory

18 March 2019

Belgium is becoming one of the leaders in the international fight against the trade in illegal ivory. On Tuesday, the competent parliamentary committee unanimously approved the ivory law of our N-VA MPs. An elephant dies every 15 minutes. This means that every year, up to 30,000 elephants die for …

Geert Bourgeois maintains hope that Brexit will be revoked

14 March 2019

“My absolute preference is that they go back to square one. That they say: we are not going to divorce, we are going to revoke it and stay with you.” Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois reacts with relief to the rejection of a no-deal by the British House of Commons. He calls on the British …

European approach to toxic assets must be stricter