Coronavirus: launch of the second part of the Federal Plan for Social and Economic Protection
During the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Friday 20 March a number of measures were approved to alleviate the socio-economic consequences of Covid-19. They are based on the recommendations of the ERMG (Economic Risk Management Group) which met yesterday, and the meeting with the G10. These measures belong to the second part of what is known as the Federal Plan for Social and Economic Protection. These come on top of the 10 measures adopted on 6 March from the first part of this federal…
Coronavirus: reinforced measures
On Tuesday 17 March, the National Security Council, which has been expanded to include the Ministers-President, decided to take additional measures. On the one hand, these measures are based on the evolution of the spread of Covid-19 in Belgium. On the other hand, they are the result of new conclusions and recommendations of CELEVAL (Evaluation Cell) that were formulated yesterday and this morning. These decisions are again the result of strong cooperation between the levels of competence,…
Coronavirus: Phase 2 maintained, transition to federal phase and additional measures
As announced on March 10, the evolution of the spread of the coronavirus is assessed every day, as the situation is constantly changing. In light of the most recent developments, the National Security Council met on Thursday 12 March in the presence of and in consultation with the Ministers-President. This meeting of the NSC followed on from the meetings of the expert groups, namely the Risk Assessment Group and the Risk Management Group. The decision was to reinforce the current measures with…
10 measures to support companies and the self-employed impacted by Covid-19
On Friday 6 March, during the Council of Ministers, the Federal Government approved 10 measures to support businesses and the self-employed impacted by Covid-19. The two main aims of these measures are to enable companies affected to grant their employees temporary unemployment in order to safeguard jobs, and to provide for arrangements for spreading, postponing and exempting the payment of contributions, withholding taxes and social and fiscal payments for companies and the self-employed.…