Exit allowances for deputies: for once, we would have liked Belgium to lose its match against France…

For once Belgium wins against France, we would undoubtedly have preferred that this was not the case: Belgian parliamentarians, whether federal or regional, receive much greater exit compensation on our side of the border than in France. Compensation paid, inevitably, by the average taxpayer.

In Belgium, the calculation of compensation is relatively simple: when his political mission ends and he is forced, voluntarily or not, to leave his parliamentary seat, the deputy, regardless of the hemicycle in which he sat , is entitled to compensation equivalent to two months’ salary per year of seniority. In short: an MP who has been in the House for 10 years will be entitled to 20 months of compensation. At the federal level, the gross monthly amount of these compensations is set at €10,563. As surprising as it may be, Brussels and Walloon deputies receive, with €11,508 gross monthly, more on their departure than federal deputies.