Capital gains: The MR keeps its commitments, but says stop to taxation in the most taxed country in the world While several majority parties welcomed an agreement on Monday regarding the future taxation of financial capital gains, MR President Georges-Louis Bouchez was keen to set the record straight. For the... Federal Taxation and economy 30 Jun 2025
Glorifying terrorism has no place in our institutions or on our streets This Thursday, in the Chamber's plenary session, federal MP Denis Ducarme returned to the serious incident that occurred at Charleroi's municipal council. A representative of the Charleroi-Palestine p... Federal Local Press releases Security and justice 27 Jun 2025
A healthy and competitive framework for the development of offshore wind energy A few weeks after deciding to suspend the direct-current connection of the Princess Elisabeth energy island due to soaring costs, the new federal government continues to put this strategic file for ou... Energy Federal Press releases 27 Jun 2025
Georges-Louis Bouchez on Bel RTL: "The MR refuses any new tax, while the PS wastes 260 million a month" This morning, on Bel RTL, the MR President returned to a serious political fact: the breaking of the cordon sanitaire by the PS, Ecolo, the PTB and DéFI, who agreed to vote with the Vlaams Belang to b... Employment Federal In the media Taxation and economy 26 Jun 2025
In video The cordon sanitaire broken: Georges-Louis Bouchez denounces a serious political slide! This Thursday, a line was crossed in Parliament. The PS, Ecolo, PTB and DéFI joined forces with the Vlaams Belang to refer the government's programme law to the Council of State. This manoeuvre preven... Federal Institutional On video 25 Jun 2025
Deputy Prime Minister David Clarinval confirms the course towards 2% of GDP: a promise kept for our security, without any tax increase The Arizona government is making concrete progress towards a historic goal: raising defence spending to 2% of GDP within this legislature, an extra €4 billion per year. A promise kept, confirmed on Be... Budget Defence Federal 25 Jun 2025
Pierre-Yves Jeholet: "You don't turn the economy around by sabotaging it every 15 days" In an interview with La Dernière Heure, Pierre-Yves Jeholet, Minister for the Economy in Wallonia, no longer hides his exasperation at the repeated national strikes. On the eve of a new walkout affect... Employment Federal In the media Taxation and economy Wallonia 25 Jun 2025
No more taxes! A firm position defended by Georges-Louis Bouchez In a demanding budgetary context, MR President Georges-Louis Bouchez reaffirms his position: not one more tax! Neither for Defence, nor to cover public deficits. According to the OECD and Eurostat, Be... Budget Federal Taxation and economy 23 Jun 2025
Energy Minister Mathieu Bihet saves citizens €3 billion The North Sea energy island project, launched under the previous legislature, had seen its cost explode from €2.2 to nearly €8 billion. A major financial overrun that would have directly weighed on th... Budget Energy Federal 21 Jun 2025
Georges Louis-Bouchez: "Those who work should already earn more net next year" He launched his idea last week in Le Soir and repeated it on Thursday in Villa Politica on VRT. For Georges-Louis Bouchez, the tax reform must be implemented more quickly in order to give workers more... Budget Federal In the media Taxation and economy 20 Jun 2025
Arizona takes action: tighter controls to tackle illegal immigration The federal government has decided to step up targeted checks on Belgian territory, based on Article 23 of the Schengen Borders Code. This was announced by the Minister of Security and the Interior, B... Asylum and migration Federal Security and justice 20 Jun 2025
Budget 2025: The MR charts the course for reform and responsibility On the occasion of the vote on the 2025 federal budget, MR group leader in the Chamber Benoît Piedboeuf strongly reaffirms the reformist line of the Arizona government. “This budget is not a sum of fi... Budget Federal Press releases 19 Jun 2025
