In a large fire in a chicken barn in Biervliet, Zeelandic Flanders, 18,000 chickens died, while the cause of the fire is still unknown. #Kipbrand #ZeeuwsVlaanderen #Veiligheidsregio (translated)
Jeroen Bergers found it unacceptable that a Flemish member of parliament had been attacked at the front door of his town hall. He also wrote that, in his opinion, few people spoke out about it for fear of being associated with the parliament member. Bergers stated that violence against a member of parliament amounted to violence against democracy and that condemning it said nothing about one's sympathy for their views. #Democratie #Geweld #Vlaanderen (translated)
Romy W. from the Netherlands and Dave de K. from Flanders are being questioned in court about the death of toddler Dean. #telegraaf #onlinebeveiliging #blockchain (translated)
Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that 300 civil servants at the Opera of Flanders had exceptionally favorable salary conditions and high pensions, which were transferred to their partner upon their death. He stated that, nonetheless, Vooruit pointed to entrepreneurs as the problem in the country. https://t.co/ce4wuZkno6 #ambtenaren #loonsverhoging #pensioen (translated)
LVSV Gent wrote that Flemish people made up 60% of the population, paid 70% of the taxes, and accounted for 80% of the exports. According to the organization, 86% of all social benefits went to Francophones or non-Belgians. It stated that Flanders bore the burden but did not enjoy the benefits, and advocated for shielding the social security system. https://t.co/88dUPgOHXO #Vlaanderen #België #SocialeZekerheid #BE (translated)
LVSV Gent wrote that experts believed that Flanders could finance its social security and pensions itself. Due to the low employment rate in Wallonia and Brussels, the organization claimed that the Flemish would have to bear the costs for that. LVSV Gent advocated for keeping Flemish money in Flemish hands. https://t.co/FSXOgSL4VH #Vlaanderen #SocialeZekerheid #Pensioenen #BE (translated)
The author wrote in a paper that 772 billion in debt accumulation was attributed to Wallonia and 27 billion to Brussels, while Flanders had a surplus of 346.5 billion. The author asked whether that was the "excess of Flemish policy" for which Dermine (PS) warned. #België #schuld #beleid #BE (translated)
Chris Janssens stated that a member of the Weyts cabinet sent a fake opinion piece to newspaper editors during the budget preparation. According to Janssens, the piece tried to exonerate Muslims from homophobia and shift the responsibility to the right-wing in Flanders. He wrote that N-VA staff were just as lost as the party leadership, in his view. https://t.co/lpQTeNcuhh #België #politiek #media (translated)
Rik Torfs wrote that he had listened with great pleasure to Georges-Louis Bouchez in his conversation with Jinnih Beels on Doorbraak. He described the conversation as clear and intellectually coherent and stated that few people represented the voice of freedom-loving, non-statist Flemings better than Bouchez. Torfs wondered if it was time for a Francophone minister-president in Flanders. #Vlaanderen #Vrijheid #Politiek (translated)
Ann Van Haute wrote that Tom Lamont from Vlaams Belang had looked at the vehicles of the Flemish government. According to her, there was among others a BMW iX costing nearly €120,000, a Volvo XC90 costing over €111,000, and an Audi e-tron costing more than €100,000. She wrote that there were 13 official cars that cost more than €90,000 and that 21 top officials had a driver. The costs for this amounted to €954,000 last year according to her; one top official even had two drivers. Van Haute also stated that PMV had 184 employees and 151 passenger cars, and that the Flemish vehicle fleet counted more than 4,000 vehicles in total. She pointed out that according to her, Flanders had over €50 billion in debt, while there were no savings plans for the vehicle fleet. She believed that future orders should take into account the creditworthiness of Flanders and suggested a Dacia Sandero without options. #VlaamseRegering #Overheid #Besparingen (translated)
More expensive service vouchers, less child benefit, and now also paying more in the nursery. Working families in Flanders are the victims. Diependaele = paying. https://t.co/K1fs6DNp3u #Vlaanderen #werkendegezinnen #dienstencheques #BE (translated)
"You have to work very hard to not see the return," says the director of a non-profit organization that receives 13.6 million euros in subsidies from Flanders each year. I do not see that return, but I don't even have to put in much effort for that. Flanders subsidizes too generously. #Vlaanderen #subsidies #rendement (translated)
AfD wins in Germany, Salvini is governing in Italy, FPÖ is breaking records in the polls, and Le Pen is ready to govern France. Change is possible. Here too. We want a safe and prosperous Flanders where our children are headed for a better future. https://t.co/QkeqnLJTPw #Vlaanderen #Politiek #Verandering #DE #IT #AT #FR (translated)
Why is Flanders scrapping the entire €3.4 million operational subsidy for ZOO Antwerp and Planckendael starting in 2027, while Avansa still receives €13 million per year and also asks for another €17 to walk for two and a half hours in the dark through a forest? Where on earth is the logic? #Vlaanderen #subsidies #dierenopvang (translated)
Any entrepreneur who mishandles government money in Flanders ends up in prison on remand. Sihame El Kaouakibi, on the other hand... #Vlaanderen #ondernemen #overheid (translated)
Just recorded a little while ago, and just scheduled to be released tomorrow; season 2 of my podcast Dwarsliggers. Timing, sometimes something funny. Also, in the first episode of this season, the first to join is none other than @GLBouchez It was a nice chat about freedom, leadership, and Flanders. Available to listen to starting tomorrow! #podcast #Vlaanderen #leiderschap (translated)
The only thing that Vooruit, CD&V, and N-VA currently have an agreement on: the decree on demand from Conner Rousseau to eliminate Jinnih Beels. So that CD&V can take Beels' position. And Vooruit gets the governor of West Flanders. And you wonder why the traditional parties are being rejected. #BelgischePolitiek #Vooruit #CDV (translated)
"If the price of the service vouchers had been indexed, then the price would now be €12.5" according to the Flemish government. If the tax brackets for inheritance tax had been indexed, we would now only pay 27% from €450,000 instead of, as it is now, from €250,000. https://t.co/6CmxQr3Wan #belastingen #Vlaanderen #economischbeleid (translated)
De hoeveelheid PFAS in het bloed van de meeste Nederlanders is afgenomen, wat suggereert dat het recentelijk ingevoerde verbod op deze chemische stoffen effect heeft, hoewel in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen juist een stijging is waargenomen. #PFAS #Volksgezondheid #Milieu
Als twee andere "democratische" partijen klakkeloos meegaan in het stemmen van een spoeddecreet dat de vrijheden van ook hún mandatarissen zal beperken, vraag ik mij serieus af wat ze daar in ruil voor hebben gekregen. Niet alleen een illustratie dat politiek een tapijtenmarkt is, maar ook dat het vrije woord in Vlaanderen niet zo veel waard is. https://t.co/b1x7gMToew #democratie #vrijheid #politiek
