🎧 Van Peteghem after the billions in savings: “A sustainable budget requires state reform”

“This budget exercise was the bare minimum. If you look at the figures, you have to be honest that we are not there yet.” We do not catch Budget Minister Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V) feeling euphoric. Because despite hard-won savings of 9.2 billion euros by 2029, the hole remains extremely deep. “I am convinced that at some point you have to look at state reform,” says Van Peteghem in our HLN podcast Het Rapport van de Wetstraat.

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