Following a call for candidates, the MR Seniors are for the first time part of the FRCO (Federal Advisory Council for the Elderly). This advisory council has various missions within federal competences: issuing opinions on its own initiative or at the request of the government or parliaments, assessing matters concerning the elderly …
As members of various committees, Chair and Vice-Chair of the Mobility, Health, Pensions and Equal Opportunities committees, Pia Janssens and Thierry Poskin defend our liberal values there.
Several files are under review, including the change in SNCB pricing, an opportunity to highlight the importance of maintaining rates that encourage Seniors to use public transport. These rates will be finalised in June … so it remains important to stay vigilant.
Another opinion concerns the “social energy tariff” bonus. The MR Seniors stress the importance of simplifying the measure in order to clarify the eligibility conditions for potential beneficiaries.
In addition, the MR Seniors closely follow the progress of the legislative text on pensions, supported by our Deputy Prime Minister David Clarinval, who ensures the sustainability of the system as well as the reward of work.
All these are concrete issues that matter to the MR Seniors, and our representatives on the FRCO are following them closely.