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Record investments in social housing

26 April 2017

“Never before has so much money gone into the construction and renovation of social housing as in 2016,” says Flemish Minister of Housing Liesbeth Homans. With an investment budget of EUR 866 million, good for 4,176 extra homes and 4,259 renovations, 2016 was an absolute record year for Flanders …

Online shopping across European borders about to get easier

25 April 2017

Le shopping en ligne au-delà des frontières simplifié

Consumers will soon be able to make cross-border online purchases throughout Europe more easily. MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt was among those at the European Parliament taking the lead to enforce this: “If we want a well-functioning internal market, consumers must be able to shop more freely in their …

Making products and services more accessible to persons with a disability

25 April 2017

Rendre les produits et les services plus accessibles aux personnes handicapées

It must be easier for persons with a disability to make use of e-books, POS terminals and websites of audiovisual media services. The necessary legislation for this has been approved at the European Parliament. MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt, who co-negotiated in the matter, is satisfied: “Manufacturers …

Free Wi-Fi: EU publicity stunt of 120 million euros

24 April 2017

Wifi gratuit : une publicité à 120 millions d’euros pour l’Europe

After the free Interrail Pass, which turned into a fiasco, the traditional groups in the European Parliament are now also supporting the proposal of the European Commission to dole out free Wi-Fi in the European Union by the end of this year. To the great displeasure of MEP Anneleen Van Bossuyt, …

Asylum seekers' profiles on social media can also be checked

21 April 2017

Les autorités pourront contrôler les profils sociaux des demandeurs d’asile

To ascertain whether asylum seekers are indeed telling the truth, the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees can now also look at their profiles on social media. This is one of the adjustments through which the government has transposed the new European asylum procedural directive into …

Capital gains tax: no, fair taxation: yes

20 April 2017

The N-VA remains opposed, in terms of content, to a capital gains tax. “But the idea of fair taxation is a very legitimate idea for me,” says Party Chairman Bart De Wever. Reaching a compromise with the other coalition parties to achieve greater tax justice is therefore definitely possible. One …

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