The governments of Wallonia and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation presented their 2025 budget in Namur on Wednesday morning.
Walloon Minister-President Adrien Dolimont (Mouvement Réformateur, MR) described the budget as “transparent and responsible, maintaining trust in public discourse.”
His Federation counterpart, Elisabeth Degryse (Les Engagés) echoed his assessment, highlighting the budget as “reasonable and prudent, reforming without harshness, and preserving essentials while demonstrating our sense of responsibility.”
The Walloon budget, the first produced under the new MR-Les Engagés majority, projects unprecedented savings of €268 million for 2025, without introducing new taxes. “We worked on a sanitisation trajectory and increased spending,” Dolimont explained.
For 2025, the region’s gross financing gap stands at -€2.906 billion, with expenditure at €21.7 billion and income at €18.8 billion.
The Wallonia-Brussels Federation aims to stabilise its deficit by the end of the legislature and achieve a balanced budget within the next five years, according to Minister-President Degryse.
The first step involves €110 million in savings for 2025, excluding teachers’ salaries, with €30 million allocated to new policies.
“We take our responsibilities seriously and avoid austerity. Despite weeks of fearmongering, the government can reassure citizens that we are maintaining teachers’ salaries, working towards quality public services, supporting the associative sector, and ensuring significant investments for the climate transition,” summarised Degryse.
