Itinera gaat voor een samenleving waar het aangenaam is om te leven, waar frisse, ambitieuze ideeën de kans krijgen uit te groeien tot duurzame ondernemingen, waar onderwijs jongeren klaarstoomt en zin geeft, en waar innovaties transformeren in succesvolle producten in een economie die blijft bloeien.
The government has announced, as part of the budgetary control, a series of recovery measures such as the job bonus for the low and medium loans, the creation of apprenticeship functions and a reduction of charges for the SME’s.
Morality is no soft issue but touches the core of a healthy economic system. In finance, trust is even more important, as without it, liquidity is absent.
The financial sustainability of care is under pressure, both for the state and the patient. In Belgium only Flanders takes some cautious steps forward to tap sufficient financial resources for care in the future.
Marc De Vos criticizes the European Growth Pact. The Pact is an empty box of wishful thinking that at best will have a homeopathic effect. The severity of the euro-crisis is once again being denied.
Historically financial repression is part of the cocktail to reduce too high debt levels, where part of the bill is shifted to the saver or policyholder. This creates the need for flexibility as regards the regulation of complementary pensions.
Herman Matthijs is in favour of the Anglosaxon spoils system as an open, honest system for the appointment of top civil servants. The candidates have to demonstrate their knowledge for the concerned field before the competent parliamentary commission.
Economic fundamentals tend to favor Europe core countries against peripheral ones. An ever increasing economic integration in Europe will reinforce this phenomenon. Laurent Hanseeuw explains these evolutions and clarifies why the solidarity attached to such trends should be rather debated.
Greece has imported the last decennium tens of billions of capital but unfortunately this has not been employed productively.
A European resolution fund for banks can lead to a breakthrough for the current stalemate. Cutting the link between the sovereign debt problem and the banking issue should be a priority.
