2023-09-26 06:53:00
Walloon Minister-President Elio Di Rupo was the guest of Bel RTL morning this Tuesday. At Martin Buxant’s microphone, he addressed the question of the budget, with good news for citizens.
Elio Di Rupo and his government are preparing to launch budgetary debates. When our journalist questions him on this subject, the socialist says: “The first thing I would like to say to our listeners is that there will be no new taxes.” The reason given is very simple: “I find that our fellow citizens are sufficiently taxed.“Without tax therefore, the Minister-President announces”go to balance in 2024“. He specifies, however, that the task will not be easy: “It’s difficult because my government is made up of three political families, the ecologists, the liberals and the socialists who have different objectives. We must make compromises with these three political groups that will allow us to achieve results and that takes time..”
A deficit of 3 billion
“Your Budget Minister, Adrien Dolimont says that we must maintain the deficit within a scope of 3 billion“, asks Martin Buxant. To this, Elio Di Rupo replies that he “two things must be distinguished“: “Investments that are essential, especially after Covid, the recovery plan. That’s something that requires money, but it’s what we call financial means once and for all. Then there are recurring expenses, each year.” The former Prime Minister specifies that “we could go up to 3 billion” of expenditure for investments.
He keeps on: “But gradually, also reduce this pocket because it does not have a direct effect on recurring costs, but it does have an effect on the debt.“Debt he describes as”sustainable“. He is rather positive: “We worked with experts who told us that we needed to structurally save 150 million each year. We have around fifty million left to save and we will do it.“Wallonia would therefore not be, according to him, in such a catastrophic situation.
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