Belgian Prime Minister De Croo Criticizes Political Parties’ Proposals and Champions Working Class

“Everyone knows we are the real party of working people,” he said, then immediately sneered at PS’s proposal to introduce a 32-hour working week. “At a time when 200,000 jobs are looking for people, the socialists want us to work only 32 hours.” De Croo confirmed that entrepreneurs and SMEs would suffer from the proposal.

“And the Greens also believe that everyone should work less,” said De Croo. “They want to give time credit to people who don’t have mobility so they can travel worldwide for free. Who pays for that? The taxpayer.”

De Croo also criticized N-VA’s proposal to build prisons in Kosovo. “That’s an idea they stole from Denmark, which has already spent 210 million euros. But there is still not one prisoner left for Kosovo. And yet Theo Francken thinks this is how he will solve the Overcrowding in the prisons. Although there is only one solution. That’s what Vincent Van Quickenborne did: build detention houses like in Kortrijk.”

CD&V was also not saved. “They think we should pay extra savings with a capital register. The working middle class have now suddenly become millionaires. The Christian Democrats’ capital register means paying tax on savings that have already been taxed to you.”