Did parliament award speakers sky-high illegal payments? | VRT NWS: news

Referring to the Belgian parliament’s chamber of representatives Herman De Croo (Flemish liberal), a former speaker of the Belgian lower house, has expressed surprise that “the most legal body in Belgium” could have awarded him anything illegal. Mr De Croo was speaking after it emerged that the office of the chamber, the body that runs the lower chamber and includes the current speaker and all floor leaders, discovered illegal payments had been made to former speakers and eight former top civil