But the opposition strongly denounced the heading taken by the executive. Aline Lacroix, chief of Ecolo-Groen, regretted a text centered on “the car, parking and tax peace”, relegating “the climatic issues in the background”. “You refuse to look environmental reality opposite,” she deplored, before adding: “The conservatives of the MR and the committed destroys what they can destroy with the benevolent complicity of the PS.”
The atmosphere has sometimes been tense between environmentalists and the majority. Aline Lacroix recalled that Ecolo came first in the municipal elections of October 2024 and was dismissed from the negotiations.
Margot Antoine (PTB) denounced “an absence of structural social measures”, an increased appeal to public-private partnerships and revenues drawn “always more on the back of households”. “This is the assumed gentrification of our town,” she said.
The budget presented provides 244 million euros in ordinary spending for 2025, without tax increase. A three -year plan of 51 million euros in investments will notably accompany the creation of a crèche, a gym, and the energy renovation of public buildings.
