Flemish budget talks yield a €3,950 housing hit and overnight exhaustion
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Flemish budget talks stretched through the night, leaving key negotiators ill and expected to add an average of €3,950 to the cost of buying a home. Minister-President Matthias Diependaele’s austerity plan will also raise the price of service vouchers, a process veteran journalist Ivan De Vadder called a "dangerous dynamic" and participants described as theater.
Georges-Louis Bouchez, chairman of the francophone liberals, proposed that unemployed people should report to authorities every single day. Meanwhile, the Brussels prosecutor concluded that a local MP targeted by Julien Moinil had not actually committed a crime.
Football analyst Marc Degryse questioned striker Romelu Lukaku's ability to keep pace with the modern game following the national team's defeat to France. In court, the children and grandchildren of Guy Ullens took the stand.