Core cabinet splits without agreement on tax reform: “Not everyone is able to leave their own trenches”

After the end of the core cabinet on Tuesday evening, the fiscal reform of the federal government is off the table. “The prime minister has determined that no agreement is possible on a tax reform without it seriously burdening the budget,” says Prime Minister Alexander De Croo’s cabinet, while that was one of the benchmarks within which a reform should take place, according to the prime minister. situate. Minister of Finance Vincent Van Peteghem (CD&V) is also disappointed: “Not everyone is able to leave their own trenches”.

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