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The party has generally been supportive of LGBT rights by backing same-sex marriage and relaxing laws for gay couples to adopt. It calls for measures to protect weaker members of society but also robust welfare reform to encourage people into work and reduce unemployment.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://english.n-va.be/news/high-profile-forum-on-lgbt-rights-in-brussels|title=High profile forum on LGBT rights in Brussels |work=N-VA|access-date= 24 February 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://english.n-va.be/frequently-asked-questions|title=The N-VA's ideology and purpose |work=N-VA|access-date= 19 May 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref> The N-VA also supports abolishing the [[Belgian Senate]].<ref name="Magone2016">{{cite book|author=José M. Magone|title=The Statecraft of Consensus Democracies in a Turbulent World: A Comparative Study of Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYO_DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT213|date=19 December 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-315-40784-5|pages=213–}}</ref>
In recent years, the N-VA has shifted from a big tent movement to a [[conservative]] party by basing some of its socio-economic policies on that of the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref name="FitzGibbonLeruth2016">{{cite book|author1=John FitzGibbon|author2=Benjamin Leruth|author3=Nick Startin|title=Euroscepticism as a Transnational and Pan-European Phenomenon: The Emergence of a New Sphere of Opposition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjolDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA56|date=19 August 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-42251-8|pages=56–}}</ref>. Academic and writer Glen Duerr has described the N-VA's position as evolving to somewhere between that of [[Vlaams Belang]] and [[CD&V]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Glen M. E. Duerr|title=Secessionism and the European Union: The Future of Flanders, Scotland, and Catalonia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gO0FswEACAAJ|year=2015|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=978-0-7391-9084-5}}</ref>
Since 2014, In terms of foreign policy the N-VA's stance on the [[European Union]] began as strongly [[pro-European]] in character (which it regarded as an important means of gaining legitimacy for Flemish nationalism and autonomy on an international stage) and in 2010 the party called for "an ever stronger and more united Europe." However, the party has since evolved to a position of [[soft Euroscepticism]] and a more critical stance on European integration by no longer endorsing a vision for a European confederation, calling for more democratic reform of the EU and stating that economically unstable nations should leave the [[Eurozone]].<ref name="euobserver"/><ref name="blogs.lse.ac.uk"/><ref name="FitzGibbonLeruth2016">{{cite book|author1=John FitzGibbon|author2=Benjamin Leruth|author3=Nick Startin|title=Euroscepticism as a Transnational and Pan-European Phenomenon: The Emergence of a New Sphere of Opposition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjolDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA56|date=19 August 2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-42251-8|pages=56–}}</ref> The party is critical of the EU's stance on illegal immigration (in particular its handling of the migrant crisis) and the role played by NGOs in picking up migrants. The N-VA argues that the EU should emulate the Australian system of border protection to reinforce its external border and work with nations outside of Europe to stem the flow of illegal migrants arriving by sea.<ref name="knack.be">https://www.knack.be/nieuws/belgie/francken-wil-naar-australisch-asielmodel-0-asielverzoeken-in-brussel/article-normal-1080799.html</ref>
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