Over 400 retail workers from Wallonia dismissed by the supermarket chain Carrefour should receive EU aid worth €1,632,028 to help find new jobs, the EP’s budget committee has decided. The measure, co-financed by the EU globalisation adjustment fund, (EGF) would help the 400 workers find new jobs by providing them with career guidance, job training, entrepreneurship advice…
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Controversy over Relations Between Belgium and Israel
Mark Geleyn, the former Belgian ambassador to Israel, has condemned his country’s policy towards Israel as “not the attitude of a friend.” Geleyn was speaking in Brussels this week at a conference on diversity along with ambassadors and diplomats from 10 other countries. He said Belgium was an anti-Israel country that, unlike most others in western…
Why Belgium’s Politicians Must Tackle Climate Change
Climate campaigners in Belgium have 267,617 reasons why the country’s politicians should intensify efforts to tackle global warming. That is the number of people who signed a petition demanding more effort in addressing the issue. The recent unusually high temperatures in Belgium and elsewhere have, for many, highlighted the pressing emergency posed by climate change….