Georges-Louis Bouchez in the presidential debate on RTL TVI: “Stop the fake news: 100% of night workers will keep exactly the same bonuses!”
04/09/2025
In brief
Georges-Louis Bouchez defends a reduction in the tax burden of up to €600 net more for certain households. He assures that 100% of night workers will keep their bonuses, and points out that €120 billion will go to security over ten years compared with more than €1,200 billion to social policies.
As a guest on the presidential debate on RTL TVI on Wednesday evening at 7:25pm, the MR President defended a reduction in the tax burden and a firmer security policy. With the MR, some households will earn up to €600 net more thanks to various mechanisms: expansion of the tax-free income portion, exemption of overtime from taxation, and increased deductibility for dependent children. He also wanted to reassure night workers: “Stop the fake news: 100% of night workers will keep exactly the same bonuses!”
On budgetary matters, Georges-Louis Bouchez pointed out that “over the next ten years, €120 billion will be devoted to security, while more than €1,200 billion will go to social policies,” once again exposing the PS's falsehoods. The challenge is to ensure that future generations can still benefit from a solid social system, in a country he considers the most heavily taxed in the world.
On security, he calls for tougher sentences, as current sanctions against criminal organisations are too lenient. On the international stage, the MR President returned to Belgium's clear position on a conditional recognition of Palestine. But he insisted: “The key lies in Washington, not Brussels. Our priority remains managing Belgium.”
Finally, Georges-Louis Bouchez addressed Europe's dependence and its lack of energy, industrial and military weight, denouncing diplomatic powerlessness: “All we have is the ministry of words.”
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