From mayor to minister: these wages, pensions and allowances are what our top politicians receive

Former Chamber Presidents Herman De Croo (Open Vld) and Siegfried Bracke (N-VA) are in the eye of the storm, now that it appears that for years they received thousands of euros too much pension through a shadowy construction. But how much pension do MPs and ministers actually receive? What do politicians really earn? And why is all this so little transparent?

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