The work was suspended around 9:30 pm on Saturday after nine hours of negotiations. Little information leaked out at the time. The deadline is March 31st.
The government is already considering adjusting the budget for the second weekend in a row. And he is doing so in the context of a difficult budget, despite positive news from the Oversight Committee last week that the federal government’s deficit is estimated to be 3.2 billion euros less than it was when the budget was drawn up in October.
Prime Minister Alexander de Croo wants to take this opportunity to go the extra mile, but the PS has already made it clear that further austerity is not a priority, and that the one-third provision rule, one-third of new income and one-third ‘miscellaneous’ must be honored in any case if money is sought. .
CD&V Chairman Sami Mahdi told VTM Nieuws on Sunday that the budget exercise “may not be used to offload Finance Minister Vincent van Peteghem’s tax reform.” The CD&V Deputy Prime Minister put all his plans on the table some time ago, but the government will only start those talks after a budget review. The same applies to pension reform.
(Re)Watch also: Bouchez: “De Croo calls the budget dramatic but does nothing” (19-03-2023)
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