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Sammy Mahdi believes in Arizona and does not want a majority that is too short: “I love the circus, but in Parliament, we must avoid it”

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Sammy Mahdi believes in Arizona and does not want a majority that is too short: “I love the circus, but in Parliament, we must avoid it”

Sammy Mahdi, president of CD&V, believes in the potential Arizona majority, despite the complexity of the negotiations. He calls on everyone “to take responsibility” for this coalition to succeed. Does Arizona still have a chance of succeeding? This Tuesday, Bart De Wever will meet the King again, after having submitted his resignation and having obtained … Read more

Proposals to Force Banks to Raise Savings Interest Rates

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Proposals to Force Banks to Raise Savings Interest Rates

The Voice Test © Fred Debrock It worries many savers: although the banks are making huge profits, they are barely raising interest on savings accounts. Most political parties want to force the banks to raise interest rates, according to De Votetest, although one party is against it. The banks made billions in profits last year. … Read more

Chairman of Les Engagés emphatically denies secret agreement with CD&V and MR

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Chairman of Les Engagés emphatically denies secret agreement with CD&V and MR

“Intox total!!” Maxime Prévot, the chairman of Les Engagés, emphatically contradicts with two exclamation marks that there is already an agreement between his party, sister party CD&V and the MR. “There is no agreement whatsoever.” That is what Bart De Wever, the chairman of the N-VA, claims in an interview in the weekly magazine Humo. … Read more

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

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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

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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)

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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…

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“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