The appointment had been set before the tough decisions of the National Security Council on Monday, in a very nice fish restaurant in the heart of Nivelles, l’Ar-Vro. To respect the instructions and not to be included in the bubble of the other, the Minister of Independents and SMEs, Denis Ducarme (MR), insisted on doing the interview … at two separate tables. “I want to support the independents, so I preferred to be clever rather than canceling the restaurant,” he says.
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You have just succeeded in extending the gateway right once again. Will this be enough to help the self-employed?
Of course not. The self-employed have a cash and cash flow problem. Decisions were made on exemptions (35,488 independents applied), postponements (174,515 independents requested) or reductions in contributions. But if there is nocomplementary initiatives, at the level of my regional friends, for example, that will not work. Some cities have allowances for traders, others not yet. I see that in Brussels, the Region has provided for an aid fund for the rents of employees, but not of the self-employed. However, rents are a part of the fixed charges which are very important in certain cases. It is the union of the federal government, the Regions and the cities and municipalities that will allow as many people as possible to get through this crisis as well as possible.
This will not prevent an undoubtedly huge number of bankruptcies?
Unfortunately no, we fear a real cataclysm, up to 30% of bankruptcies in certain sectors. I also asked the MR group in the House to vote as quickly as possible. a text to facilitate the process of judicial reorganization. We can also save businesses and jobs like this …
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