October 13, 2014
Good news for EU reform keeps coming from Belgium. After the publication of the new coalition agreement, which we’ve analysed here, it has today been announced that Johan Van Overtveldt will be the country’s new Finance Minister. A former editor-in-…
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October 10, 2014
N-VA leader Bart De Wever and new PM Charles Michel After less than five months, a relatively short period by local standards, a new federal Belgian government has been agreed. In the light of our analysis in May, “Scenario 2” has material…
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This Sunday, on the same day as the European Parliament elections, Belgium will hold a general election, electing both new federal and regional assemblies to govern 11 million people. The key question is how strong the Flemish nationalist N-VA, which i…
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belgium, catalonia, EP2014, european elections, Herman Van Rompuy, N-VA |
Nothing escapes the European Commission’s severe oversight. Not even April Fool’s day stories. It emerged over the weekend that the Commission’s Directorate General for Competition had sent the Belgian government a request for information about, among …
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April Fool's day, belgium, Charleroi Airport, European Commission |
October 16, 2012
As we’ve argued before, there’s a lesson for the eurozone to learn from the all the semi or full-blown separatist movements across Europe; trying to impose central control on an inherently regionalised structure is extremely difficult and art…
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Bavaria, belgium, catalonia, flanders, italy, Lega Nord, regional separatism, scotland, Spain, spanish regions |
January 13, 2012
Not everyone in the newly formed (and long awaited) Belgian government seems to be happy with the new supervisory powers the European Commission has gained under the “Six-Pack” on economic governance.As we reported here, Belgium was forced to withhold …
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May 25, 2011
In De Standaard, Bart De Wever (photo), leader of Flemish nationalist party N-VA – Belgium’s biggest party – has defended his decision to give an introduction to a speech made by Czech President Václav Klaus during a Belgian state visit. Klaus, as y…
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