© BELGIUM The fact that the Open VLD is putting a savings plan of 24 billion euros on the table about 100 days before the elections is “shameless”, according to N-VA chairman Bart De Wever. “As if they did it for the sake of it. That 24 billion is the amount of the budgetary slippage … Read more
According to our sources, only Minister of Finance Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V) and Deputy Prime Minister Georges Gilkinet (MR) were available for a reduced rate of 15 percent, as was the case with the spectacular success of the government bond issue in September – when the Belgians promptly signed for 22 billion euros in -, … Read more
Theme image — © Peter Hilz The EU member states and the European Parliament have reached an agreement on the new budget rules. This was reported by the Belgian EU presidency. The revision of European fiscal rules should offer EU countries a more tailor-made path to reducing the debt ratio. In principle, the rule in … Read more
Theme image — © Shutterstock Antwerp and Ghent are the big consumers of municipal subsidies. Of the 5.1 billion euros that flowed to local authorities in 2022, they received a third, according to an analysis made by the newspaper De Tijd based on figures from Flemish MP Brecht Warnez (CD&V). The two major cities receive … Read more
