"A Crucial Reform of the Labour Market in Belgium": The Start of the Reduction of Unemployment over Time Confirmed on 1 January 2026

However, the government has decided to come into force gradually. A poll released on Thursday shows broad public support for this reform. The majority of Arizona is drinking milk. ...

The De Wever government's reforms can count on broad support. This is evident from De Stemming, the annual opinion poll by VRT NWS, De Standaard and RTBF. In Flanders, support is greater than in Brussels and Wallonia, but there too a majority supports the restriction of unemployment benefits. Many Belgians do believe that the burdens of the reforms are unfairly distributed.

According to Brussels minister Bernard Clerfayt, the kern which has recently agreed on the reform of unemployment, with the limitation of the allowances to two years, has remained deaf and blind to the realities of the field in the capital. If there will be a gradual entry into force, spread over a few months, it is far from being an answer to the challenges, reacts Thursday the minister, disappointed. He is concerned especially for the unemploy…

The De Wever government's reforms can count on broad support. This is evident from De Stemming, the annual opinion poll by VRT NWS, De Standaard and RTBF. In Flanders, support is greater than in Brussels and Wallonia, but there too a majority supports the restriction of unemployment benefits. Many Belgians do believe that the burdens of the reforms are unfairly distributed.

05:28 The federal government is not only considering a slower implementation of the unemployment benefit cap, but is also looking at a whole range of exceptions this week. It raises the question of what will be punishab...