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Workplace accidents: Belgium proposes a European Day of Remembrance

Belgium, together with Italy and Hungary, has proposed the creation of a European Day in memory of the victims of workplace accidents at the Council of the European Union for Employment (EPSCO). It is...

Employment Europe Europe and international affairs Federal Press releases

30 Jun 2026 News

Photovoltaics: protecting households from production losses

Good news for Walloon households with solar panels: when an installation shuts down because of excessive voltage on the grid, the electricity not produced can now be compensated. The Walloon Government has adopted at first reading a draft decree introducing this new mechanism, which will come into force next year. Compensation will be proportional to the actual production loss, provided the household has a smart meter and notifies its grid operator.

Energy Wallonia

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Improving residents' quality of life: better tackling airport noise pollution

The Walloon Parliament has adopted the decree tabled by Cécile Neven and Adrien Dolimont to tackle airport noise pollution more effectively. It provides for an overall, decreasing noise quota, lower permitted thresholds during the most sensitive hours and tougher penalties. This reform better protects local residents while preserving the economic appeal of Walloon airports.

Housing and urban planning Wallonia

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Concrete financial consequences for people engaged in illegal activities

Minister Éléonore Simonet has decided to take financial action against those engaged in illegal activities such as drug trafficking, by automatically assigning them the social status of self-employed worker. This mechanism, which complements standard judicial proceedings, marks the end of impunity for these criminals.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs Wallonia

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Return to work: the bonus for employers made permanent

Employers receive a return-to-work bonus (€1,725) when they help an employee on long-term sick leave to return to work, where necessary with adjustments to the workstation. The Government has decided to make this measure permanent, as it is particularly important for SMEs. Long-term sickness absence often weighs on the running of an SME, causing a loss of know-how, a lack of continuity and a heavier workload for colleagues. This extension is part of the drive to bring the long-term sick back into work, with the Government focusing both on responsibility and on the necessary financial support.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Extension of flexi-jobs to self-employed workers

Since their creation in 2015, flexi-jobs have allowed employees to take on additional work under favourable tax and social security conditions, provided they work at least 4/5 of a full-time job for a Belgian employer. The scheme has proved increasingly successful, with both workers and employers. Against this backdrop, the Minister for the Middle Classes, SMEs and the Self-Employed, Eléonore Simonet, wants to go further by opening the scheme up to self-employed workers as well. Under certain conditions, such an extension would allow the self-employed to earn additional income as a flexi-job worker while benefiting from a favourable tax regime.

Employment Federal Self-employed and SMEs

29 Jun 2026 Our results

VAT exemption: gradual increase of the threshold from €25,000 to €30,000

The Minister has decided to raise the VAT exemption threshold gradually, from €25,000 to €30,000. The increase will take place in steps of €1,000 per year, reaching €30,000 in 2031.

Federal Self-employed and SMEs

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Administrative simplification: Digitalisation of the hunting licence

Walloon hunters can now apply for their licence directly via Mon Espace Wallonie. The paper card with its annual sticker is being scrapped. It is replaced by a QR code, available in Mon Espace Wallonie, which hunters can keep on their phone or print out. Applications are now made entirely online, with no unnecessary travel. SPW IAS counters remain open for those less comfortable with digital tools.

Administrative simplification Housing and urban planning Wallonia

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Introduction of an emergency plan in the event of a supply crisis

This plan is designed to prepare Belgium better for any major disruption of the international energy market, whether caused by geopolitical tensions, international crises or supply breakdowns. In practice, it will ensure a swift, coordinated and effective response from the federal authorities in order to protect the country's supply and maintain the continuity of activities essential to citizens and the economy.

Energy Federal

29 Jun 2026 Our results

Les Engagés' proposal to tax wealth above €500,000: The MR says stop to tax fury!

Les Engagés want to create a new tax on wealth exceeding €500,000. Once again, the solution would be to tax more heavily those who have worked, saved, invested or inherited a good by paying taxes. Belgium is already one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world. Real political courage means cutting public spending, not creating a new tax.

Federal Institutional Taxation and economy

29 Jun 2026 Our positions

After decades of PS management of cities, where are the results?

PS mayors are demanding more money for the major cities. Yet these are the very cities that already receive massive support from Wallonia and record the lowest employment rates in the country. The real question is not how much more Wallonia should give, but what results have been achieved after decades of socialist management.

Institutional Local Taxation and economy Wallonia

27 Jun 2026 Our positions

Local substitute-teacher pools extended to strengthen continuity in schools

The Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation has approved, at first reading, the extension of the experimental system of local substitute-teacher pools for the 2026-2027 school year, on a propos...

Education In the media Wallonia-Brussels Federation

26 Jun 2026 News

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