Frédéric Janssens, former clerk of the Walloon parliament, has found himself without a stable income since his ouster last January. His lawyer highlights the financial difficulties of his client, now dependent on unemployment benefit much lower than his previous salary of €7,200 net per month.
Frédéric Janssens, former clerk of the Walloon parliament, currently finds himself without a stable income since his ouster last January. Before his official dismissal scheduled for January 2024, he received a net monthly salary of €7,200, reduced by 20%. However, after his definitive sidelining linked to legal problems, he found himself without any income, indicate our colleagues at Sudinfo.
In May, his lawyer, Marc Uyttendaele, explained that Frédéric Janssens was having difficulty obtaining unemployment benefit, which worried him about his client’s financial future. According to him, Frédéric Janssens risked no longer being able to honor his debts, due to the high costs of previous legal services and his mortgage repayments.
1,881€/month
Questioned again this week by Sudinfo, Frédéric Janssens confirmed that he was now receiving unemployment benefits. Although he did not wish to specify the exact amount, an unemployed Belgian earning more than €4,000 gross should receive approximately €2,187 net monthly for the first three months, then €2,019 the following three months, and €1,881 for last six months, according to Onem scales.
This represents a clear reduction compared to his salary of €255,110 gross annually in 2023, an amount cited by Me Jean Bourtembourg, lawyer for the Walloon parliament, during a hearing in May. He emphasized that Frédéric Janssens received a salary higher than that of the President of the French Republic, while benefiting from rental income.
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