The Belgian economy. What are the 3 most important sectors in Belgium ? ► Services ( 73 %) ► Industry ( 25 % ) ► Agricultures ( 2% )

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The Belgian economy

What are the 3 most important sectors in Belgium ? ► Services ( 73 %) ► Industry ( 25 % ) ► Agricultures ( 2% )

Which are the 3 biggest Belgian companies ? ► Delhaize de leeuw ► Inbev ► GBL = Group Bruxelles Lambert

Who is the minister of economy ? ► Vincent van Quickenborne

How does our system of social security work ? ► Unemployment relief ► Health care ► Retirements

Unemployment relief ► You don’t get one when you decided to quit your job yourself. ► The salary is calculated on the salary of your previous job. ► If you stop searching for a job you will lose the relief.

Health care ► You must join a health insurance. ► You get your money back after you have paid it or the companies send the cost to the health insurance.

retirements ► You can get it from the age of 65 ► Retirements savings

Give the 3 most important export products of belgian. ► Cars ► Medicaments ► diamonds

Give the 3 most important business partners from Belgian. ► Germany ► Netherlands ► France

Does the crisis have a big impact on Belgium ? ► Yes, the economy shrinks. ► The banks are infected the most ► Example: opel antwerp, fortis, …