The transformative power of technology in promoting road safety was an essential part of Geert Van Der Linden’s keynote lecture on Thursday 21 November. Geert, from Tervuren, works for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport.
Tag: Politics
No ready-made solution to childcare crisis
Tervuren has no solution for now to the lingering staff shortage at nursery De Toverijk. Parents recently received another letter announcing that their children could not attend the nursery several days a week.
Tervuren parties agree new mayor: Geyns to lead
In a significant shift for Tervuren’s local politics, Flemish liberal Thomas Geyns, a 28-year-old lawyer, is set to become the new mayor, backed by the Flemish nationalist party N-VA.
Activists want return of Tervuren museum artefacts to Congo
Protestors want Tervuren’s Africa Museum to finally return stolen artefacts to Congo. The demonstrators point to the museum’s vast collection of Congolese artefacts and significant visitor profits, a legacy of Belgium’s brutal Congo colonization and a debt to be settled.
Tervuren’s battle for the €100k mayor’s job
In Tervuren, two candidates are competing for the job of mayor, worth €100,000 per year. The ultimate decision isn’t solely in the hands of Tervuren’s 14,305 voters. The real question is which candidate — Flemish nationalist Marc Charlier or Flemish liberal Thomas Geyns — can secure the best deal with Groen’s top candidates in terms of key posts and policy agreements.
Congolese commemorate their lost in Tervuren
In a stark reminder of Belgium’s colonial past, over 250 Congolese were forcibly brought to Tervuren for the International Exhibition held from May to November 1897. Displayed as if they were part of a human zoo, seven of them died during the wet summer of 1897. A commemoration honored their graves.
Tervuren talks politics on Thursday 3 October
Ahead of local elections, you have three opportunities to hear Tervuren politicians and new MEP Anna Strolenberg in action this week on Thursday, 3 October. The trio of debates in Tervuren, held in the lead-up to the local elections, cover youth issues, town council policies, and integration in Tervuren.
New rules anger Tervuren landowners
Tervuren’s traditional landowners are unhappy with new rules designed to limit house builds and preserve rural areas. The new construction rules infringe on property rights, they say.
McDo majority looms after Tervuren elections
McDonald’s is set to secure a political majority in Tervuren following the upcoming elections, according to answers given by local political leaders to the newspaper De Standaard. This would allow a newly constituted town government to overturn the rejection by Vlaams-Brabant authorities, earlier this year, of McDonald’s second planning application.
Tervuren’s €279,000 bill for Duisburgsesteenweg
Residents along the Duisburgsesteenweg see little hope of any real solution to traffic problems once the luxury appartments are completed with an estimated 400 accompanying new cars to join. Town grandees appear not to have decided for widening dangerously narrow pedestrian and cycle path before handing over the plush Panquin appartments.
Merger: Overvuren, Terijse or Druivenstreek?
If lucky, Tervurenaars may get to choose a new name after the October elections. Following rejections of mergers elsewhere in Flanders, it is uncertain whether town grandees could trust Tervuren’s 14,164 voters with the weighty decision. And don’t forget the significant opposition to Tervuren’s last merger with Duisburg in 1977.
Choosing Tervuren’s next mayor
Choosing the next mayor appears less about how Tervurenaars vote, but whether or not the party holding the balance, Groen Tervuren, once again opts for the N-VA or decides to favour Voor Tervuren, the local fusion between Flemish liberals and Catholics. Come what may, the choice of mayor appears limited to Flemish nationalist N-VA’s Marc Charlier or Flemish liberal Thomas Geyns.
Mini foot also gets sports money
The mini football pitch in the Ravenstein district, behind the KAT, is once again in tip-top condition, thanks to a thorough renovation. Sport obviously remains important for Tervuren for our politicians, ahead of October town hall elections.
Tervuren noisy night flight nightmares continue
Challenging the indefinite environmental permit for week-time night flights, issued by Flanders’ environment minister, is difficult for Tervuren’s mayor Marc Charlier, also from the same Flemish nationalist NV-A.
Tervuren political campaign heats up
A shock for Tervuren’s campaign has been the campaign photo of 34-year-old Anna De Smedt of Vossem, taken in front of the Acropolis, where the concept of European democracy blossomed in fifth century BC. But De Smedt’s Tervuren campaign photo poses questions about how new Flemish party ‘Voor U’ sees gender equality in politics.