
Belgium in Fiscal Peril: Expect a Winter of Austerity
In a pattern eerily similar to other EU states, the Belgian government stands and falls with its own inability to balance its finances. The price will be paid by taxpayers.

In a pattern eerily similar to other EU states, the Belgian government stands and falls with its own inability to balance its finances. The price will be paid by taxpayers.

Despite grappling with a stagnant economy over the past years, Berlin continues to spend astronomical amounts on international climate aid.

This would hit the middle and lower classes hardest, deepening the widespread sense in France that rising taxes no longer deliver adequate public services.

Outraged by his coalition’s tax burdens, farmers confronted Robert Habeck, who fled the scene in a ferry.

The German Green Party, meanwhile, want to implement their agenda, the phasing out of fossil fuels, at all costs.

€60 billion climate ruling brings Scholz’ coalition to the brink.

Given that Bart De Wever will not allow Flanders to impoverish itself over the continued propping up of Wallonia, he sees confederalism as the sole option; through this, more authority—and responsibility—will flow to the separate regions.