Continuing the container village in Kampenhout is a crime, Demir claims as she draws a line.

Both the municipality of Kampenhout and Flemish minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) oppose the arrival of a container village for asylum seekers. Continuing would be a crime, according to the Minister of the Environment. Two mails for State Secretary Nicole de Moor (CD&V) today. And twice in opposition to the plans to build a temporary reception … Read more

Zuhal Demir (N-VA) starts fight against “unjust” tariffs from energy watchdog VREG

– Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA). — © BELGA – Flemish Energy Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA) asks the Flemish Parliament to put pressure on the energy watchdog VREG to adjust the capacity tariff or not to introduce it at all. “The system is full of injustices. I don’t support it,” Demir said on Wednesday in the … Read more

Artwork Fabre will not disappear from the Flemish Parliament, but will receive ‘interpretation’

Jan Fabre’s work of art will not be removed from the Pillar Room of the Flemish Parliament. This was decided by the Extended Bureau of the parliament on Monday. The Parliament’s Art Committee will, however, be instructed to ‘provide an explanation for the artwork and the artist’. – After artist Jan Fabre was convicted last … Read more

2,000 euros net extra per month, for a ‘side job’ in parliament…

– Flemish parliament — © BELGA – It is the ideal consolation prize for MPs who have missed a ministerial post. They become Vice-Presidents, Secretary or Members of Parliament. A colorless side job, but it does provide them with an extra monthly salary of about 2,000 euros net. And the exuberant wages for parliament presidents … Read more

PS and MR do not want to know about loss of wages for sick parliamentarians

– PS parliamentary group leader Ahmed Laaouej does not feel like adjusting the illness regulation of the representatives of the parliament in the slipstream of the Flemish Parliament. — © BELGA – The French-speaking majority parties MR and PS do not listen to the request from their Dutch-speaking coalition partners to also adjust the sickness … Read more

Soil remediation expert: ‘Packed PFOS soil takes almost a century…

The encapsulation of soil contaminated with PFAS requires a quasi-perpetual follow-up. Soil remediation expert William Leys said this on Friday in the Flemish Commission of Inquiry into PFOS pollution. ‘I would never say that a film has a guarantee of 100 years,’ says Leys. – The investigation committee into the PFOS pollution in the Flemish … Read more

Art project “The Flemish Scrollers” attracts mobile phone politicians…

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