L'actualité du capital social, de la vie en société et des options de société.
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| Belgium - Nation - Political class | ||
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State, Nation, Ethnicity
At the gates of Brussels, in its green setting, Overijse (pronounced: overeïs) knows its immutable rituals. The grape festival, the cycle races, the walks in the forest followed by a Trappist beer… and the community wars. In this Flemish commune of 27,000 inhabitants to the south-east of the capital, a lock between Wallonia and Brussels, French speakers represent more than a quarter of the population. Large French-speaking families have settled there, sometimes for gen...Read More >>
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| Belgium - Civil society - Social capital | ||
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Microsociology of daily life
On November 20, 2005, a couple of African origin approached a lady while she was at the Bancontact self-banking machine at the ING bank in La Hulpe, asking her to explain how the machines worked. The victim turns around to discuss and one of the two perpetrators manages to steal his bank card from the device. The victim then gives up her place t...Read More >>
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| Abuse of power - Belgium - Local communities | ||
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The mayors say no
The mayors of the 19 Brussels municipalities will not collaborate in the implementation of the new federal law on rents as long as the federal state does not give them the means to do so. The mayors of the 19 Brussels municipalities will not collaborate in the implementation of the new federal law on rents as long as the federal state does not give them the means to do so. Municipalities are supposed to carry out checks on compliance with the obligation to speci...Read More >>
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| Abuse of power - Belgium - State parasitism | ||
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Fines: state diversions
Last year, fines brought in 311.5 million euros for the federal state, or 12.6 million more than in 2005 (+4.2%). Half of this amount comes from traffic fines, according to figures from the Federal Public Service Finances published by Het Laatste Nieuws. The immediate collection of traffic fines, particularly in the event of an offense relating to wearing a seat belt or speeding, made it possible to collect 185.9 million euros last year. “Transaction...Read More >>
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| Belgium - State institutions - Weapons | ||
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When the State assumes an arms monopoly
On Friday June 9, 2006, a new law on the possession and trade of arms came into force in Belgium. Like many other countries, Belgium is implementing a general ban on the possession and carrying of weapons. Until now, purchasing a weapon was easy: the prospective buyer only needed to be of legal age and show their identity card, with police checks carried out retrospectively on the basis of the seller's declaration. The weaknesses of the old legislat...Read More >>
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Transport: abuses by the Belgian state
Less than two weeks after announcing her intention to develop a text aimed at prohibiting "jumping" between Belgian airports that are too close, Renaat Landuyt (SP.A) puts a draft royal decree on the table and submits it to consultation of the Regions. The text we have seen is two pages long and has three articles. “Considering the existing infrastructure of means of communication on ...Read More >>
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