The government run by socialist Elio Di Rupo reached an agreement on the draft 2013 budget providing for a pay freeze in the country, which will not affect average and low wages and minimum wage. (Ref. 120679)
Freeze. Repeatedly reprimanded by the European Commission because wages are too high compared with competitiveness, Belgium has opted for wage moderation for the next two years.
Belgian wages follow a system introduced by law in 1996, known as competitiveness maintenance, defining a margin for increase depending on the wage levels in the neighboring countries (Germany, France and the Netherlands). According to the Central Economic Council – an advisory institution on economic issues –, there
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