Economy There will be in the next two years, certainly margin for additional buying power. That, says the federation of Belgian Companies (VBO / feb). But, warns the largest employers of the country, that margin can not the competitiveness of the companies undermine.
The FEB responds to the socialist union. The question is sounding the alarm because the new loonwet threatens to provide no margin for additional buying power. “Fake news,” said Pieter Timmermans, ceo of FEB. the
“There will be margin,” he assures. “But the dumbest thing we can do is the new loonwet do not respect”, warns Timmermans. “So yes, there will be margin. But no, there will be no margin, that the competitiveness of the companies of europe.” the
He hopes that the social partners in January to a loonakkoord. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It would be a good thing if the social partners reach an agreement. That would be both the workers and the employers hold.”
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that Will give an answer to the social movement of the ‘yellow shirts’, who understand the additional purchasing power requirements? “It is not an easy message,” acknowledges Carpenter. “But we should still be able to explain that a job is the best guarantee on purchasing power, and that your job loss is not.” the
A possible answer to the dissatisfaction with the ‘yellow shirts’ can the welfare allocation of 600 million euros over the next two years should be divided, so thinks Timmermans. “Either we share a straight-line basis. Either we divide that targeted. And we look, for example, where the greatest risk of poverty.”