Belgium's Premier Cancels Policy Speech Citing Budget Deadlock

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The annual ‘State of the Union’ in Belgium has been cancelled this week. The reason: disagreement over the budget. Prime Minister Bart De Wever proposes raising VAT, but the French liberals are opposed to this. “This is a repeat of the same old story; what a disappointment.”

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"Prime Minister wants a full budget on January 1, no new emergency budget": Bart Verhulst on the postponed policy statement. Watch the video on VRT NWS: news.

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Due to strong disagreements over fiscal effort and taxation within its coalition, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever postponed the annual speech on the State of the Union and the presentation of the 2027 budget scheduled for Tuesday. ...

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Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) will not deliver a State of the Union address on Tuesday: his government is no closer to a budget agreement....

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Key takeaways: Prime Minister Bart De Wever has postponed his planned State of the Union address because the government is failing to reach a consensus on the national budget. He warned that adopting a provisional twelve-month budget – in which spending remains limited to a fraction of the previous allocation […]