The N-VA welcomes European recommendations

The N-VA feels encouraged by the European Commission’s report. The six major warnings that Belgium received are completely in line with the N-VA’s social-economic programme and its previous communications concerning the European semester. "The N-VA feels that it is high time that we finally comply with the recommendations from Europe and other international institutions,” reiterated Jan Jambon, leader of N-VA parliamentary group. "The N-VA will therefore continue to defend these points in its programme in the course of the negotiations, knowing only too well that they are crucial. This is why we need a national reform that Transfers The money flows from Flanders to Brussels and Wallonia are called transfers. The transfers from the federal budget, the Financing Law and social security amount to between 6 and 7 billion euros per year, and 11 billion euros if debt repayments are included. The size of the transfers is always contested by the French-speaking side or they are just referred to as normal solidarity contributions. A study by Vives (KU Leuven) revealed that the transfers did not serve solidarity, but had a paralysing effect on the growth of both the Walloon and Flemish economies. transfers a number of key competences to the federated entities and a federal government that carries out the necessary reforms at the federal level. The N-VA will continue to work towards this objective."