"Emir Kir Doesn't Want to Pay", "He Tells Lies": Strong Tensions This Wednesday Evening at the Communal Council of Saint-Josse

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The decision of the municipal council of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode to abolish the end-of-year premium of the communal staff caused Wednesday evening a high-voltage session, illustrating the profound deterioration of the social climate in the Brussels municipality, faced with a serious financial crisis and placed under regional supervision. ...

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Emir Kir repeated that the college hoped to return to the dismayed withdrawal of the staff's end-of-year bonus in 2026. In the aftermath of a turbulent evening, at the meeting of the communal council marked by the presence of communal agents supported by the unions, the mayor of Saint-Josse-ten-Noode Emir Kir insisted on defending the college's choices to put the finances back on track, with the help of the Brussels Region. In a word as in a hun…