1,394 retired magistrates – almost half of the total number – have a pension of 7,422 euros gross. But now that the De Wever government wants to top the highest pensions, the public prosecutor’s office in action: 4,000 convicted criminals will have to sit out their sentence immediately in prison, instead of waiting at home until there is room in the cell. These are the facts and figures about the pensions of the magistrates.

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