“The Controversial Pension Bonus for MPs: Serial Revelations and Legal Battles”

2023-05-04 13:02:00

The former federal deputy felt aggrieved. Indeed, exceeding the pension ceiling by 20% has existed for MPs since 2014. But, as our colleagues point out, in the Flemish and Walloon Parliament and in the Senate, this rule has existed since 2004.

Serial revelations regarding MPs’ pension bonus will benefit the PTB

This former member therefore wants to recover financial compensation for the ten years when he did not have this small financial surplus. He therefore attacked the Pension Fund in 2021. It was then that the Brussels Court of First Instance ordered the payment of 79,649 plus interest, which initially amounted to 100,000 euros.

The Chamber categorically refuses to pay. It will therefore be up to the courts to decide, in September 2023.

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