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More than 1.7 Million Employees Will Feel This Measure: Why the Cent Indexation Continues to Stir Emotions.

The cent index continues to divide the federal government. CD&V Chairman Sammy Mahdi calls it on VTM NIEUWS “not a goose that lays golden eggs, but rather a soup chicken that needs to drown in the soup as soon as possible.” A soup chicken, or a laying hen that lays eggs for the budget after all? Time to dissect the cent index: what exactly does it entail, who feels its impact, and what does it yield? Six questions with explanation from HLN emplo…

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The cent index continues to divide the federal government. CD&V Chairman Sammy Mahdi calls it on VTM NIEUWS “not a goose that lays golden eggs, but rather a soup chicken that needs to drown in the soup as soon as possible.” A soup chicken, or a laying hen that lays eggs for the budget after all? Time to dissect the cent index: what exactly does it entail, who feels its impact, and what does it yield? Six questions with explanation from HLN emplo…

·Kobbegem, Belgium
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No matter how vehemently CD&V chairman Sammy Mahdi dismisses the cent index as a 'soup chicken that needs to drown as soon as possible' and advocates for the social partners' alternative index mechanism, the De Wever government is still sticking to the indexation of higher incomes.

·Belgium
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De Morgen broke the news in Antwerp, Belgium on Sunday, May 17, 2026.
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