Mostly true: “For every extra billion euros we export, we create 14.000 new jobs in the EU”

Fact-check, Mostly falseBy AP University College, BE April 7, 2020

Geert Bourgeois, a representative of Flemish nationalist party N-VA in the European Parliament, claims in Flemish newspaper De Standaard (25.01.2020, paywall) that for every billion euros of exports, we create 14.000 new jobs in Europe. This statement comes in response to the trade agreement concluded with Vietnam in 2019. These figures turn out to be…

Uncheckable: “Brexit already brought 2.000 jobs to Flanders”

Fact-check, UncheckableBy AP University College, BE November 15, 2019

On the 22nd of October an article appeared in De Standaard, a Belgian newspaper. It quoted the Flemish minister-president Jan Jambon (N-VA) who stated that Brexit already brought 42 companies and 2,000 jobs to Flanders, Belgium. Where did they get that specific number? Jambon made that comment in the Flemish Parliament earlier that day in…

Mostly false: ‘Five thousand professions are regulated in Europe’

Fact-check, Mostly trueBy Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Tilburg, NL May 20, 2019 Leave a comment

This claim has been made in several Dutch election programs for the upcoming European elections. The problem boils down to the definition of a profession, but we rate the claim as mostly false.

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