From 2026, staff facing a pregnancy loss will be entitled to compassionate leave At the initiative of the Minister for the Civil Service, Jacqueline Galant, the Walloon Government definitively approved this Wednesday 13 May a draft decree introducing two days of compassionate leav... Civil service Press releases Wallonia 13 May 2026
Administrative simplification in education: a first set of measures to make life easier for schools The Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation adopted, this Friday, in third and final reading, a first set of measures aimed at easing the administrative burden on school leadership and teaching... Administrative simplification Education Press releases Wallonia-Brussels Federation 2 May 2026
Jacqueline Galant: “Religion has no place in public services” In an interview with Sudinfo, Jacqueline Galant announces the upcoming submission of a draft text aimed at introducing total neutrality in Walloon public services and those of the Wallonia-Brussels Fe... Civil service In the media Neutrality of the State Wallonia Wallonia-Brussels Federation 23 Apr 2026
Administrative simplification shock: step by step, Wallonia is simplifying itself In March 2025, the Walloon Government presented its strategy to roll out a genuine administrative simplification shock, with a clear objective: to make procedures simpler, faster and more accessible f... Administrative simplification Press releases Wallonia 17 Apr 2026
€4.5 million for Walloon sports infrastructure in the second quarter of 2026 In this second quarter of 2026, the Minister for Sport and Sports Infrastructure gave her approval for the granting of 5 agreements in principle and 6 firm grant pledges totalling €4.511 million. The ... Press releases Sport Wallonia 15 Apr 2026
Jacqueline Galant: A results-driven culture for public administration top managers. Yes, we choose merit and performance. From 2026, the top managers of our administrations will finally be evaluated, and paid, according to the results they achieve. A structural, concrete reform, cham... Civil service Wallonia Wallonia-Brussels Federation 7 Apr 2026
Less paperwork for more time in the classroom! At the initiative of Education Minister Valérie Glatigny and Administrative Simplification Minister Jacqueline Galant, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation government has approved a first set of measures ... Education Wallonia-Brussels Federation 27 Mar 2026
Informing in the digital age: are press support schemes still suited to how people consume news? Jacqueline Galant proposes to Parliament that a major debate be opened Digitalisation of information, changing usage patterns, concentration of players in the written press, the questioning of economic models: the media sector is undergoing profound upheaval. Within a fe... Media Press releases Wallonia-Brussels Federation 23 Jan 2026
23% fewer political appointees in the top management of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation administration It was a major part of the top managers reform proposed by Jacqueline Galant, Minister for the Civil Service: the number of mandate positions had to fall. A first phase has now been approved in the Wa... Civil service Press releases Wallonia-Brussels Federation 23 Jan 2026
Wallonia-Brussels Federation: end of first-class travel expense reimbursements for civil servants In a demanding budgetary context, the Minister for Civil Service, Jacqueline Galant, has proposed a common-sense measure to the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation : to end the reimbursemen... Budget Civil service Press releases Wallonia-Brussels Federation 23 Jan 2026
€4.7 million for Walloon sports infrastructure in the first quarter of 2026 At the start of 2026, the Minister for Sport and Sports Infrastructure gave her approval for the granting of four agreements in principle and four firm subsidy pledges, for a total amount of €4.739 mi... Press releases Sport Wallonia 21 Jan 2026
“Arizona loves women like a husband who beats his wife”: The FGTB oversteps, liberal representatives demand an apology This morning, speaking to Sudpresse, Selena Carbonero, secretary-general of the FGTB, made shocking remarks, comparing the government's action to a husband “beating his wife”. We, women and liberal re... Equal opportunities Federal Press releases 14 Jan 2026
