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> We do have a government though (quite a few of them even, but the federal government is the one that matters here) with all the power needed to do whatever i
by AllegedAlec 7y ago
> We do have a government though (quite a few of them even, but the federal government is the one that matters here) with all the power needed to do whatever it deems necessary.
Really? Because I seem to have read that budget deficit is getting out of hand because there is no federal government to fix it.
Also, yeah, fair enough. There are a handful of other governments that technically could take a decision, but as you said: it's easy to say: "well, this is a federal decision, so we won't do anything".
- seszett 7y agoBudget is one of those things that cannot be voted by the current affairs government so they just keep renewing the last budget allowances from the last actual government, as far as I understand (I don't know if it's a legal requirement, or just a custom). Don't take my word for it though, I'm definitely not an expert on Belgian politics. But the coronavirus crisis is definitely a current affair, and the current government has free reign to do anything it deems necessary about it.
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