The Flemish Minister of Economy and Employment Jo Brouns (CD&V) intends to do everything possible to recover a total of 14.2 million euros in subsidies from Sappi that had been provided under various support measures. The minister is also calling for the creation of a special task force.
Almost nine years after the closure of Ford Genk, Logistics Valley Flanders was officially inaugurated on Friday afternoon. A task that Governor Jos Lantmeeters, Mayor Wim Dries and Chris Danckaerts of De Vlaamse Waterweg were visibly happy to undertake.
We will find out on Wednesday 7 December, when it will be announced who will be crowned the eighth ‘Limburg Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the governor’s residence in Hasselt. It is Flemish Minister for the Economy Jo Brouns (cd&v) who has the honours of announcing the winner.
The following statement by the Rank-and-File Committee of Ford Workers in Saarlouis was published in German ahead of the works meeting at the Saarlouis plant on Wednesday.
De PS reageert kribbig op andere partijen uit de federale regering die voorstellen voor een pensioenhervorming lanceren. Het is aan minister van Pensioenen Karin Lalieux (PS) om daarin de leiding te nemen. De zenuwachtigheid bij de Franstalige socialisten is groot, want hun concurrent op links, de PTB/PVDA, zet druk en wijst op de belofte van de PS om de geplande verhoging van de pensioenleeftijd naar 67 jaar terug te draaien.