De Smedt Dismisses Criticism of Budgetary Hold-up: 'It's Our Damned Duty to Avoid a Shutdown'
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For several days, the new Brussels Finance Minister, Dirk De Smedt (Open Vld), has been agitating the threat of a "shutdown" in the Brussels Region if a government is not quickly formed and a fiscal trajectory is not found. But what is being talked about? Literally, "shutdown" means "shutdown". This expression has been used in the current political language to designate periods of budgetary paralysis in the United States. When Congress fails to …
11:55 Brussels Budget Minister Dirk De Smedt (Open VLD) counters the Court of Auditors' criticism of a budgetary holdup. He maintains his contested plan to use unlimited budget appropriations...
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