Le cadre institutionnel de l’assainissement des finances publiques en Belgique

peer reviewed ; After ten years of relative respite, Belgium currently has to strengthen its fiscal policy in order to comply with new European requirements. It is thus facing a similar challenge than twenty years ago, when the Dehaene’s governments conducted a rigorous consolidation of public finance in order to join the euro zone. This article compares the fiscal policy implemented at both times by emphasizing two essential developments: the Europeanization of fiscal policy on the one hand, and the federalization of Belgium, on the other hand. The institutional evolutions generated by those... Mehr ...