28 september 2020
11:09
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The liberals, socialists, greens and CD&V started the final sprint of the government negotiations on Monday morning. The most important questions are where the money comes from and who will be prime minister.
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The seven parties that want to form a Vivaldi government have been meeting again in the Egmont Palace since Monday morning at 10 o’clock for the last mile of the negotiations. They may have started the last straight line to an agreement.
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At 4 a.m. Monday morning, they had split up after a marathon session without a final deal.
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Budget
On the table are fraught topics such as pensions and taxation, where important decisions still had to be made. The minimum pension of 1,500 euros: is that net or gross? And what contribution will come from the strongest shoulders?
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The seven Vivaldi parties hardly discussed the budget for Sunday.
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These knots are inextricably linked to the budget, which the negotiators have to discuss on Monday. After all, the crucial question is: how will the Vivaldi parties finance the new policy? Each party has its own ideas about this, but it has hardly been discussed so far.
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The mail
Because there is still so much uncertainty, according to a negotiator it was difficult to land on Sunday night. All the more so because the posts must also be discussed: who will be prime minister and which party will receive which ministerial posts?
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The formateurs Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) and Paul Magnette (PS) are not expected at King Filip until Monday evening. One of them is expected to become prime minister.
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If the Vivaldi parties stick to their deadline of Thursday, October 1, an agreement by Monday evening is needed. Party conventions have yet to be organized before the government can be installed.
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CD&V
In addition, the Christian Democrats are eagerly awaited, where the party still does not seem to be in line with government participation. The construction for that congress now seems to be underway. On Sunday, Federal Deputy Prime Minister Koen Geens said that he ‘will drag through the congress’.
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Formateurs Paul Magnette and Alexander De Croo are expected at the king on Monday evening.
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On Monday, Peter Wouters, general chairman of the Christian labor movement Beweging.net, said on Radio 1 that this government “deserves more credit,” if only because the parties that understand the importance of social dialogue are on board.
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Arco
Wouters said he did not know whether the coalition agreement contains a passage about Arco, the cooperative holding company of the Christian workers’ movement that went bankrupt after the fall of Dexia. “I hope they consider it,” said Wouters. Beweging.net is still hoping for compensation for the 800,000 shareholders who lost their money.
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