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Artists' pensions: the MR calls for adjustments to avoid any unfair penalisation

The MR, through MP Charles Gardier, is calling for the pension reform to be adapted so that workers in the arts are not penalised by careers that are inherently discontinuous. The party is calling for...

Federal Pensions Press releases

16 Jul 2026 News

Eléonore Simonet strengthens the Supplementary Pension for Self-Employed Workers (PLCI)

On a proposal by the Minister for Self-Employed Workers and SMEs, Eléonore SIMONET, Parliament voted this Thursday in plenary session on a reform of the Supplementary Pension for Self-Employed Workers...

Federal Pensions Self-employed and SMEs

16 Jul 2026 News

The MR Seniors: a positive vision of ageing, proposals for action

After a year of government formation, the MR Seniors reaffirmed their priorities in defending a positive vision of ageing: Enabling people to age with dignity Preserving independence for as long as po...

Federal Health Pensions Press releases

26 Jun 2026 News

Eléonore Simonet on Bel RTL: cutting spending rather than raising taxes

A guest on Bel RTL this week, the Minister for the Self-Employed and SMEs Eléonore Simonet reaffirmed the need to put public finances back on a sound footing, while opposing any tax increase. Respondi...

Budget Federal In the media Pensions

4 Jun 2026 News

Georges-Louis Bouchez on QR: "14 months of action and a track record already stronger than other governments!"

Georges-Louis Bouchez was a guest on the programme QR Le Débat on RTBF on Wednesday evening to defend the line of the Arizona government and the MR against the left's lies. He recalled that this gover...

Federal In the media Pensions Taxation and economy

14 May 2026 News

Georges-Louis Bouchez listens to police officers: concrete commitments on wages and end-of-career arrangements

This Friday morning in Brussels, MR President Georges‑Louis Bouchez received representatives of the police unions at the MR headquarters, following their protest against certain reforms by the federal...

Civil service Federal In the media Pensions

24 Apr 2026 News

Pension reform: safeguarding the system's sustainability and rewarding work

Our pension system is at risk. If we do nothing, today's young people will no longer be able to count on a decent pension tomorrow. The Arizona reform changes this: it rewards those who have actually worked, ends unfair privileges, and guarantees a sustainable system for future generations. The MR supports this reform because it is fair, courageous a

Employment Federal Institutional Pensions Social security

21 Mar 2026 Our positions

Pension reform: abolition of the invalidity pension for statutory civil servants

Ending the medical pension for civil servants is not a punishment: it is fixing a system that pushed people out of the workforce too quickly. With this reform, same illness, same rights, same rules for everyone. Permanent exclusion is replaced by support and genuine back-to-work policies. More fairness, more responsibility, more dignity at wo

Federal Pensions

20 Feb 2026 Our positions

Georges-Louis Bouchez versus Raoul Hedebouw: the Belgium that works versus the Belgium that blocks!

On Monday evening on RTBF, Georges-Louis Bouchez, MR President, and Raoul Hedebouw, PTB President, clashed over the country's major economic and social reforms, announced following the budget agreemen...

Budget Federal Pensions

25 Nov 2025 News

Flexi-jobs: growing success among pensioners and everything you need to know

Good news for active pensioners! The number of pensioners taking on a flexi-job has jumped by 52% this year. This figure reflects a genuine success: more and more older people are choosing to stay act...

Employment Federal Pensions Press releases

14 Nov 2025 News

Georges-Louis Bouchez in the “Presidents' Debate”: putting work and responsibility back at the heart of our society!

During the Presidents' Debate on RTBF, the MR President recalled that it was time for Belgium to put an end to economic laxity and the culture of dependency. For Georges-Louis Bouchez, defending socia...

Federal In the media Pensions Taxation and economy

16 Oct 2025 News

From 2026, self-employed women who give birth will be exempt from paying social security contributions for 2 quarters

From 2026, the exemption from social security contributions that self-employed women benefit from after giving birth will be extended from one to two quarters, with no impact on pension rights. When g...

Federal Pensions Press releases Self-employed and SMEs

12 Sept 2025 News

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