Boechout wants to celebrate cohabiting couples on their anniversary: ​​“The practical implementation will follow”

“We certainly still have to look at the practical implications. But we do not want any discrimination between married and cohabiting couples,” the mayor says.

Still many questions

A few questions from councilor Sven Snyders (N-VA) prove that it will not be easy to draw up watertight regulations for this. “I wonder how this will be followed up on the extension of the premiums to cohabiting couples? Does it concern de facto or legal cohabitation, because a brother and a sister can also live together under one roof? What happens in the event of cumulation, namely 25 years of cohabitation and 25 years of marriage? Are these couples then entitled to a premium for fifty years of marriage?” he goes over a number of questions.

T’Sijen repeats that the elaboration will follow: “These are points that we will bring to the attention of the Citizens’ Service for further elaboration.”

Wedding anniversaries

The new premium system includes gift vouchers and gifts for gold, diamond and brilliant weddings. Anyone who turns a hundred years old can also expect something, just like with every birthday above the centenary.