Etiket: Parliament
Incident in Chamber with Vlaams Belang about rest period Meryame Kitir: “Apparently there are A and B members of parliament” | Inland
Question time in the House started with an incident. After a question about the pause that Minister of Development Cooperation Meryame Kitir (Vooruit) has inserted, Member of Parliament Valerie Van…
Political journalist Karel Lattrez on El Kaouakibi’s return to parliament: “This was not supposed to be a big show for her”
Sihame El Kaouakibi’s parliamentary immunity has been lifted. That was unanimously decided yesterday during the session in the Flemish parliament. El Kaouakibi himself also appeared to everyone’s surprise and gave…
Flemish Parliament approves extra bonus of 100 euros for job bonus | Inland
The extension of the job bonus was one of the highlights of the September statement of the Jambon government. The job bonus is the instrument with which the Flemish government…
Borne government passes parliament for the first time with controversial emergency measure
It was predicted, expected, even announced. And yet late in the afternoon on Wednesday, a shock passed through the French National Assembly when Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne announced that the…
Sihame El Kaouakibi appears in the Flemish Parliament and may take the floor
Sihame El Kaouakibi has personally gone to the Flemish Parliament, where it will be voted today on the lifting of her parliamentary immunity. She may also make a statement herself,…
VVD member Ockje Tellegen leaves permanently as a member of parliament
VVD member Ockje Tellegen has Friday announced not to return as a Member of Parliament. She had been on leave since February to recover from burnout. “I regret not finishing…
Iran: EU Parliament condemns Mahsa Amini’s death as ‘murder’
BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) – The European Parliament has condemned the violence against system-critical protests in Iran and called for penalties for the “murderers” of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. A majority of MPs…
Senator Geisel survives motion of censure in Parliament
Urban Development Senator Andreas Geisel (56, SPD) Photo: Ralf Gunther From BZ/dpa Berlin’s urban development senator Andreas Geisel has survived a motion for disapproval in the Berlin House of Representatives.…
European Parliament disgusted by allowances affair: ‘Blame in the history of the rule of law’ | Politics
The European Parliament is disgusted by the Dutch allowance scandal. Europe must do everything in its power to prevent such forms of institutional racism from ever occurring anywhere in Europe.…
European Parliament gives green light for universal charger | Tech
A large majority of MEPs on Tuesday approved the introduction of a universal charger for smartphones and other small electronics. From the end of 2024, these devices must be equipped…