In its final plenary session of the year, the Walloon Parliament passed the decree on the 2025 regional budget was approved on Wednesday evening.
The main aim of the new budget is a reduction in registration fees for buying property and and public spending savings to comply with a strict budget trajectory. The proposal was passed by the MR-Les Engagés ruling coalition. PS, PTB, and Ecolo, all in opposition, voted against it.
Throughout the day, both sides made their arguments, which were already extensively discussed in committee earlier this month.
As expected, the day’s debates did not bridge their differences, with the majority praising fiscal consolidation and the opposition criticising “unjust and harsh” spending cuts.
Far from the “ultimatums” and the “apocalypse” predicted by some, the 2025 budget ensures “the machine isn’t broken” while settling “past bills” without “raising new taxes,” summarised Regional Minister-President Adrien Dolimont (MR).
“Without denying the past, we must all go beyond ourselves so that the long-awaited and promised recovery finally materialises. Our citizens deserve it, and we must rise to the occasion,” he concluded.
