{"id":151179,"date":"2020-09-01T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wider-debate-needed-before-5g-rollout-says-brussels-government-chief\/"},"modified":"2020-09-01T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:22:10","slug":"wider-debate-needed-before-5g-rollout-says-brussels-government-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wider-debate-needed-before-5g-rollout-says-brussels-government-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Wider debate needed before 5G rollout, says Brussels government chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels needs to have a wider debate about 5G before the technology can be fully rolled out across the Belgian capital, according to the head of the regions government.<\/p>\n<p>Rudi Vervoort, minister-president of Brussels regional government, said public concerns about the purported health impact of 5G networks means politicians and interest groups still need to convince Brussels residents about the technologys benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not against testing zones, for example at the airport or in the European quarter,\u201d Vervoort told POLITICO in an interview conducted at the end of August. But, he added: \u201cTo make it more widely available, I think that will need a wider debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brussels government has in past years blocked a large-scale rollout of 5G networks, citing health concerns among its citizens. The city has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/5g-radiation-health-cancer-21-century-tinfoil-hatters-take-brussels\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">active movement of anti-5G protesters, <\/a>which has pressured local politicians to halt the technology. And regional lawmakers have imposed strict radiation limits that, according to the countrys telecoms operators, make it impossible to roll out 5G.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic opinion, whether we want it or not, is also an actor in the development of this project,\u201d said Vervoort. \u201cIt [the deployment of 5G] cannot happen behind the back of the citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> EU authorities have pushed back on the health concerns over the new technology.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added that Brussels wants to preserve \u201cto the maximum the precautionary principle\u201d with respect to 5G to ensure the technology is safe.<\/p>\n<p>Vervoort said the government adopted a \u201c5G roadmap\u201d in mid-July and is organizing working groups \u2014 including one on environmental limits and health \u2014 to draft a city-wide rollout plan and make legislative changes in the course of 2021. The government also plans to support the region<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/5g-cannot-happen-behind-back-of-citizens-brussels-government-chief-says\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More \u2013 Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snap.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/politico-logo.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">politico<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc] [contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels needs to have a wider debate about 5G before the te..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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