首相德韦弗：现在必须采取痛苦的预算措施 否则后代承担债务重负
2026年10月8日星期四，比利时首相巴特·德韦弗表示，现在必须采取痛苦的预算措施，以避免迫在眉睫的债务与利息成本螺旋式上升，否则将给子孙后代留下一张沉重的账单。这番表态发表于联邦政府预算谈判陷入僵局之际。
德韦弗领导的五党联合政府正寻求到2029年实现约100亿欧元的额外财政调整。谈判的难点在于，削减开支与增加税收各应占多大比例，各党立场相距甚远。增值税改革已成为主要障碍之一，医疗开支等议题同样没有共识。
街头的压力同时在上升。同一天，列日有数百名学生举行经批准的游行，走向火车站；在布鲁塞尔近郊斯哈尔贝克，约200名学生在一家广播机构总部前抗议，要求向富人征税以支付教师工资。学生运动与工会运动将在10月9日的全国抗议中汇合。
按照原定日程，德韦弗应于10月13日在议会发表年度政策讲话。预算协议若不能在此之前达成，这一日程本身也会被打乱。谈判将通过技术工作组与首相和核心内阁成员的会晤继续推进。
De Wever Warns Painful Budget Measures Cannot Wait
Prime Minister Bart De Wever said on Thursday, 8 October 2026, that painful budget measures were needed now to avert a looming debt and interest-cost spiral that would otherwise leave future generations with a heavy bill. The remarks came as the federal government's budget negotiations remained deadlocked.
De Wever's five-party coalition is seeking approximately 10 billion euros in additional fiscal adjustments by 2029. The talks have exposed disagreements over how much should come from spending reductions and how much from additional tax revenue. VAT reform has emerged as a major obstacle, and healthcare expenditure is also unsettled.
Pressure on the streets was rising the same day. In Liège, hundreds of students held an authorised march toward the train station, while in the Brussels suburb of Schaerbeek about 200 students protested in front of a broadcaster's headquarters, calling for the rich to be taxed to pay teachers' salaries. The student and union movements were set to converge in the national protest on 9 October.
De Wever was scheduled to deliver his annual policy statement to parliament on 13 October. If no budget agreement is reached before then, that timetable itself is at risk. Negotiations are to continue through technical working groups and further meetings between the prime minister and senior coalition figures.
图片来源：图：比利时首相巴尔特·德韦弗肖像。摄影：Paul Van Welden，CC BY-SA 4.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
