2023-07-15 17:08:15
July 15, 2023 Today at 7:08 PM
In the end, there was no plenary meeting on Saturday. Tax reform was discussed bilaterally, but without success.
The select committee of the federal government (“kern”) did not finally meet in plenary on Saturday to complete its tax reform. The day’s discussions took place bilaterally.
Work resumed at 10 a.m. Saturday morning. Initially, the bilateral talks were to take place in the morning, before negotiations between the seven parties of the Vivaldi coalition in the followingnoon. But this plenary discussion did not take place.
On Sunday morning, bilateral meetings will continue. The intention is to be able to organize a plenary followingwards.
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The original plan of the Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister CD&V Vincent Van Peteghem, has already been severely restricted, since of a reform relating to a reduction in charges of 6 billion euros, it would only remain on the tablea 2 billion plan.
Targeted MR
An agreement between the seven Vivaldi partners on this very sensitive subject has never been taken for granted.
The MR is pointed out by some, since the French-speaking liberals, by insisting on budgetary sustainability, also hammered home the need to bet more on labor market reforms and on savings in the public sector.
Deputy Prime Minister MR David Clarinval reportedly informed the Prime Minister that what is on the table remains unbalanced.
The Liberals consider the section relating to labor market reforms, just like the one on the tax reduction for the independents.
As for the new list of VAT increases, it would be described as “mind-blowing”.
On Saturday followingnoon, some confusion arose as to if the MR had left the negotiation. This information was later denied.
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