Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) – Belgian Minister of Employment David Clarinval said the artist law won’t change. It helps artists with unemployment. Concerns rose after reform talks amid the Easter agreement, due by June 2025.
According to a Belgian government official, David Clarinval, the government will not change a law that helps artists. This law gives artists special help with things like unemployment benefits. Artists are worried because they think the government might change the law.
Officials mentioned that this is because artists often don’t have steady jobs and need help from the government. Clarinval said that the government will not change the law because it is important to artists. He said that the government understands that artists need this law to help them.
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According to David Clarinval, some people who are not artists have been using the law to get benefits that they don’t deserve. Clarinval said that the government wants to make sure that only real artists get help from the law. He said that the government will make sure that the rules are closely followed.
The law already has rules that make sure that only real artists get help. For example, people have to prove that they are still working as artists every 3 years. Clarinval said that the government wants to make sure that these rules are followed so that the law can continue to help real artists.
2 Weeks ago, people started talking about a possible change to this law. Some people said that a government official, David Clarinval, wanted to make the law for artists the same as the law for other workers. This worried artists because they thought it would mean less help for them. Artists are worried because they need this special law to help them when they are not working. They are afraid that if the law changes, they will not be able to get the help they need.
The government is working on a big plan called the Easter agreement. This plan will make changes to many things, like how people get unemployment benefits, pensions, and taxes. The government needs to have this plan finished by June 2025 so they can tell the Parliament how they will spend the money.
One of the things the government is talking about is whether to change the law that helps artists. The government is trying to decide if this law should be the same as the law for other workers. It’s not clear if the government will be able to agree on all the changes in the Easter agreement.
