Sammy Mahdi: ‘Index Freeze? Only for the Unemployed Then’
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As far as CD&V chairman Sammy Mahdi is concerned, an index freeze is possible, but only for the unemployed. ‘The money is now too often being sought from the...
Key takeaways CD&V Chairman Sammy Mahdi has proposed a strategy to reduce government spending by approximately 100 million euros per year by exempting unemployment benefits from indexation. In an interview with Het Laatste Nieuws, Mahdi proposed not allowing unemployment benefits to rise in line with the next indexation. According to Mahdi, this would allow the government […]
Sammy Mahdi - BELGA According to CD&V president Sammy Mahdi, it is "too often" the workers and pensioners who are being used to fill the gaps in the budget. It is therefore essential for him that the government keep to its promise of a reduction in the burden on those who work.There is no question of opening a "new tax box for workers", or of "withdrawing their company cars or receiving their gross wages," he says on Thursday in the Laatste Nieu…
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If the federal government introduces an index freeze, it should, according to CD&V, only apply to unemployment benefits. CD&V Chairman Sammy Mahdi said this on Thursday.
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