The final approval had been coming for several days. In concrete terms, this concerns temporary unemployment as a result of force majeure for all sectors, the single crisis bridging right for all sectors from a decrease in turnover of 65 percent and a monthly premium of 25 euros for subsistence wage earners, beneficiaries of an income guarantee for the elderly and replacement incomes.
In addition, there is the financial support for the railway sector (passenger and freight transport) and the retention of the VAT rate of 6 percent for hydroalcoholic gels and masks.
According to Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD), support is limited to people and companies that really need it. “It’s about self-employed people who still have lost two-thirds of their income, about, for example, the nightlife that is still severely limited, about a number of companies where temporary unemployment is still necessary to avoid people being made redundant and about specific support. ”
The measures amount to an additional 90.15 million euros. By way of comparison, the measures taken in the third quarter of this year amounted to EUR 987 million.
This last package of covid measures will definitively expire on January 1, 2022.
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