Open VLD and CD&V in Kortrijk together for local elections – Rafah death toll continues to rise

1. Rafah death toll continues to rise Since last weekend, Israel has expanded the war in Gaza into Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least twenty people have now died there. The French news agency AFP even speaks of 128 deaths. Read … Read more

While consumers see energy bills rise, they become rich while sleeping

– ©  Shutterstock – While consumers saw their energy bill rise from almost 2,300 to more than 5,300 euros in just a few years, there are also those who profit from the sharply increased electricity and gas prices. So much so that federal energy watchdog Creg has opened an investigation into exceptional profit margins in … Read more

The tax authorities will deduct less from your wages (so that you will withdraw less from taxes)

– © BELGA – The tax authorities will no longer systematically deduct too much taxes from wages, Minister of Finance Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V) reported on Tuesday. The last news. This means that you will have more net each month, but that you will also withdraw less from taxes. – mtmSource: The last news Today … Read more

“We just did everything for the middle class”: viceprem…

– © Kris Van Exel – You can set your clock on it, CD&V deputy prime minister Vincent Van Peteghem receives his trophy with every agreement in the federal government. Quite an impressive list of achievements in the meantime, but – not unimportant for a politician – he doesn’t really get much attention. It doesn’t … Read more

Sammy Mahdi: ‘I will continue to support Joachim Coens’

Even though the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration, Sammy Mahdi, presents himself as the ideological helmsman of the CD&V, he will not ‘pull down’ its chairman Joachim Coens (CD&V). – ‘Joachim Coen (CD&V chairman, ed.) must know that he can count on me’, said CD&V politician and State Secretary for Asylum and Migration Sammy … Read more

Will the De Croo government intervene now that energy prices are due to the p…

– – Now that energy prices are shooting through the ceiling, there is also increasing pressure on politicians to do something about the sky-high energy bill. When drawing up the budget, everyone also looks at the De Croo government. Will he intervene? We have already listed the proposals from the various parties. – Farid El … Read more

3M has received more than 5 million euros in Flemish subsidies in recent years.

Photo: MARC HERREMANS – MEDIA HOUSE – 3M, the American chemical company that is considered responsible for the PFOS pollution in Zwijndrecht and the surrounding area, has received more than 5 million euros in subsidies from the Flemish government in recent years. This is apparent from data that Groen MP Mieke Schauvliege has requested. – … Read more

Wouter Beke: “Still a second chance for those who do not accept the invitation …

Anyone who does not accept an invitation to be vaccinated will still be given a second chance, but will only be addressed when all other groups have had the opportunity to be vaccinated. Flemish Minister of Welfare Wouter Beke (CD&V) said this in the Flemish Parliament on Tuesday. – Dirk Dewolf, CEO of the Agency … Read more