– © rr – Minister Petra De Sutter will examine whether a four-day working week is also possible for civil servants. But the government unions are not in favor of that at all. ACV Public Services and ACOD believe that what will soon be possible for employees in the private sector will not necessarily have … Read more
– © BELGIAN – At CD&V, they cannot laugh at Matthias Diependaele’s proposal to transfer up to half a billion euros from social housing to the private rental market. “There are so many people who are on a waiting list for social housing. This money must go to what it is intended for,” says Hilde … Read more
– The unions accuse minister Bart Somers of “abolishing the civil servant statute, driven by ideological motives”. — © Kristof Vadino – The decision of the Flemish government to only hire employees with a contractual employment contract from 1 January 2023 and to have permanent appointments extinguished is very bad for the trade unions. “What … Read more
The socialist trade union ACOD government services and the liberal VSOA are not pleased with the decision of the Flemish government to only hire employees with a contractual employment contract from 1 January 2023 within the government. ‘What Minister Bart Somers and the Flemish government mean is the abolition of the civil servant statute’ – … Read more
The chairman of the Flemish Parliament, Liesbeth Homans, taps Minister of the Interior Bart Somers on the fingers about his communication about the recognition of mosques earlier this week. Somers doesn’t see the problem. – The minister would receive a question in the committee about the mosque on Tuesday afternoon, but already distributed a press … Read more
Flemish Minister of Equal Opportunities Bart Somers (Open VLD) believes that Vlaams Belang should withdraw the nomination of Jef Elbers for the Flemish Audiovisual Fund. – ‘Vlaams Belang once again shows its true face and homophobic character,’ Somers responds. ‘This Wednesday during the Flemish Parliament, their group leader denied the homophobic character of his party … Read more
The Council of State suspends the choice of the Flemish government for Join.Vlaanderen as the new participation organization. This happens after a claim from the Minorities Forum. – Two weeks ago, Join.Vlaanderen ended up in the eye of a media storm after Minister of Equal Opportunities Bart Somers decided that the new organization Join.Vlaanderen would … Read more
From September 2021, Flanders will again recognize local faith communities. Flemish Minister for Society Bart Somers (Open VLD) has now prepared a preliminary draft decree that provides for new recognition conditions. One of the conditions for recognition is the prohibition of foreign funding or state interference. – Let’s go back to 2017, when former Flemish … Read more
At the beginning of March, Flemish Minister of Community Affairs Bart Somers (Open VLD) announced that the current recognition of the Minorities Forum would not be extended just like that, because the participation organization did not meet the new recognition conditions at the time. – Landry Mawungu, the director of the Minorities Forum, called the … Read more