Before the elections of 2024, a concrete plan must be on the table to definitively abolish the Senate. That is the ambition of current Senate President Stephanie D’Hose (Open VLD). – Plans to abolish the Senate regularly pop up in the Wetstraat. But in The newspapaer it is Stephanie D’Hose, the Senate president himself, who … Read more
Open VLD, the party of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, wants to move towards a 1G policy in Belgium. Only those who have been vaccinated can then participate in public life. “I’m afraid we can’t go any other way,” says Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert in The morning. – Within Open VLD there was a … Read more
– © BELGA – The first C40 rolled off the production line at Volvo Ghent on Thursday. It is the second electric model that has been awarded to the Belgian factory, with which the Ghent site shows itself to be a pioneer within the Sino-Swedish group. Next year, more than half of the cars produced … Read more
– © BELGA – Prime Minister Alexander De Croo wants to raise 30 million euros annually by cutting the social and tax benefits of football players. Only there is much more to be gained in these benefits, up to 200 million. Competent deputy prime ministers Vandenbroucke and Van Peteghem therefore wanted to do much more. … Read more
– – Now that energy prices are shooting through the ceiling, there is also increasing pressure on politicians to do something about the sky-high energy bill. When drawing up the budget, everyone also looks at the De Croo government. Will he intervene? We have already listed the proposals from the various parties. – Farid El … Read more
In crucial cases, it must be possible to make decisions again in Belgium. And if that fails, the federal government must have the last word. Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert dropped a community bomb in the Wetstraat on Friday. He wants the federal government to have a casting vote within the Consultation Committee. Pro-Flemish parties … Read more
Pukkelpop is forced to pull the plug on this year’s edition. The reason is the tightening of the Covid Safe Ticket that the Consultation Committee announced on Monday. According to the festival, this makes it impossible to test and check every festival-goer. “Minister Vandenbroucke and the virologists have now got what they wanted,” various sources … Read more
The Pukkelpop festival has stopped its construction and ticket sales until further notice. The organization is thus increasing the pressure on the federal government to be allowed to apply more flexible corona rules. Politicians have been adding water to the wine in recent days, but Minister Vandenbroucke is now keeping his leg stiff. – At … Read more
Digital artist Dries Depoorter is kicking sore shins with his new project “The Flemish Scrollers”. Using artificial intelligence, he detects which politicians are scrolling on their mobiles in the Flemish Parliament, a Twitter account then shames those politicians. His motive? “Demonstrating the dangers of existing technologies.” – A remarkable photo of the Flemish government is … Read more
The Brussels branch of Open VLD has filed a complaint against Flemish MP Els Ampe with the statutory committee of the liberal party. That writes Bruzz and is confirmed to Belga. – The reason for the complaint is Els Ampe’s performance at a lockdown party at Flagey, where she went live via social media and … Read more