De Wever proposes debt brake to avert financial catastrophe
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Prime Minister Bart De Wever is attempting to calm markets with €3-4 billion in savings and a new 'debt brake' law. The most difficult fiscal choices, however, have been postponed until next year; it is an approach to crisis management that has local pundits asking if the new premier is simply the old one in a different tie.
Public procurement rules were extensively violated by schools buying laptops during the pandemic, a 'saga' now expected to have severe consequences for the Flemish administration. In the private sector, unions have blocked GSK’s Rixensart and Wavre sites with a turnout observers described as unprecedented.
The Prosecutor General of Brussels has dismissed the proposed appointment of a regional drugs commissioner as 'ridiculous.' The public rebuke comes as regional and national politicians continue to debate the necessity of the new position.