Alexia Bertrand, the Secretary of State for the Budget, was the guest of Bel RTL matin. At the microphone of Loïc Parmentier, she pleads for “encourage people to work harder”.
n the government agreement, there is a target of 80% employment rate, says Alexia Bertrand. An objective described as unrealistic by the FGTB and economics professor Bruno Colmant. In Belgium, we currently have a 72% employment rate. The 80% target is to be reached in 2030.
“I dare to hope that it is not unrealistic, because there are lots of countries that are getting there. I think it is also a question of revaluing work”, according to the Secretary of State at the Budget.
“Some regions are doing better than others in our country, but we have to go towards an 80% employment rate, because the federal planning office has calculated that each person who is put back to work brings in around 28,000 euros. to the coffers of the State. If you put 500,000 people back to work, that brings in 14 billion euros to the State”points out Alexia Bertrand.
There are currently 300,000 job seekers.
