The DPR provides for a balanced budget by 2029, with ~EUR 1.2 billion in savings (80% spending cuts, 20% new revenue), a one-point reduction in regional personal income tax and the merger of 25 structures into 3 entities.
Cleanliness: regional brigades and immediate fine collection
Ongoing
The RPD provides for a reform of Brussels Cleanliness Agency, the creation of regional cleanliness brigades (regional and municipal agents), the installation of underground containers and compactors, the deployment of smart cameras in risk areas, and immediate fine collection.
The DPR maintains the LEZ and replaces Renolution with zero-interest loans. Vivaqua and Hydria merge (EUR 180M recapitalisation). However, no new CO2 targets are set — an ambiguous signal for the climate trajectory.
Key figures
-47%vs 2005 (Fit for 55)
2030 CO2 reduction target
Diesel Euro 5 bannedsince 01/01/2026 (~225,000 vehicles)
Digital: bridging the digital divide and administrative simplification
Ongoing
The RPD provides for tackling the digital divide, administrative simplification via Easy Brussels and IRISbox, smart city deployment, and positioning Brussels as an AI capital.
Economy: Urban Free Zone (Port + Audi Forest), AI capital
Ongoing
The RPD provides for the creation of an Urban Free Zone (Port of Brussels + Audi Forest site), positioning Brussels as the AI capital, the opening of the Kanal museum with new governance, and the Brussels Expo CONFEX project at the Heysel.
Education: childcare places, school dropout and Cocof/VGC tensions
Ongoing
The RPD provides for creating childcare places, tackling school dropout, strengthening vocational education, and coordinating between Cocof, VGC and Communities for Brussels education policies.
Employment: 70% target, enhanced activation and bilingualism
Ongoing
The DPR sets a 70% employment rate target by end of term, with enhanced activation of jobseekers, a mandatory skills assessment and promotion of FR/NL bilingualism. The 98,458 jobseekers and 42,000 exclusions remain the context.
Housing: EUR 400M for the SLRB, 1,000 public housing units
Ongoing
The DPR provides for EUR 400M for the SLRB, 1,000+ public housing units, the doubling of Be Home (EUR 320) and the replacement of Renolution with zero-interest loans (EUR 200M). Brownfield sites are arbitrated (18-month moratorium on 4 sites).
Institutional reform: merging 25 structures into 4 pillars
Ongoing
The RPD provides for the most ambitious restructuring of the Brussels regional apparatus: merging 25 structures into 4 pillars (Cross-cutting services, Core missions, infrastructure.brussels, Land coordination). Pillars 1 and 2 must be operational by 2026.
Mobility: new regional plan, Metro 3 frozen, LEZ softened
Ongoing
The DPR provides for the end of Good Move (replaced by a new Regional Mobility Plan), freezes Metro 3 for 10 years in favour of a tram, maintains the LEZ (pass EUR 350/year, fine reduced to EUR 80) and adds a 2nd car-free Sunday.
Key figures
Suspended
Metro 3 (new phases)
Permit suspendedby the Council of State (18/12/2025)
Security: anti-drug commissioner, €10M for stations, stable crime rate
Ongoing
The RPD devotes an entire chapter to security, including the creation of a regional anti-drug commissioner, a €10M investment in station security, two SIAMU staff reinforcement phases, and the interconnection of local CCTV systems with the Federal Police.
Social affairs: EUR 10M for stations, drug commissioner, services protected
Ongoing
The DPR provides for EUR 10M/year for station security (Midi and Nord), a regional drug commissioner and protection of social services. The minister-president's security role is reinforced. Kanal saved (EUR 60M).
Urban Planning: faster permits and planning amnesty
Ongoing
The RPD provides for accelerated urban planning permits, a planning amnesty for historic violations, the removal of the CRMS binding opinion, and the revival of the Neo project at the Heysel.