The nuclear phase-out in our country is not too far away anymore. By 2015, the two oldest nuclear power plants of Doel will be closed after 40 years of use. Will the remaining available production capacity suffice to deal with exceptional peaks – for example in wintertime?
Belgium needs up to 13 000 MW new capacity for the production of electricity by 2025.
Itinera calls for a roadmap by 2025 with new capacity, better use of existing capacity and with the support of renewable energy as full market party.
What are the policy priorities that should be addressed during the election campaign and be added to the negotiators' lists after the elections? This is the approach of our election series which starts on 18 March.
Yesterday, Jean Hindriks did an interview on the RTBF program ‘On n’est pas des pigeons’ concerning responsable social investments. Watch the interview here (starting from minute 35).
Marc De Vos was invited to a debate on early retirement for the VRT news program ‘De Zevende Dag’ with Yves Van Antwerpen, labor union representative for ACV at Agfa-Gevaert.
This week was marked by social unrest at many companies. The underlying reason is the same in many places: dissatisfaction with the new collective labour agreement. The biannual social dialogue about new labour and wage conditions runs rough in many sectors.
Day after day, the design flaws of the euro are more and more cruelly exposed.
In een interview in Trends uit 2011 riep ik 2012 uit tot jaar van de Eekhoorn. Kraakje had enkele harde noten te kraken!
