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Brussels Tuesday 20 november 2012. left to right Federal Prime minister Elio Di Rupo and Belgium's Finance Minister Steven Vanackere attends a news conference following marathon talks on the 2013 Belgian budget in Brussels November 20, 2012. Belgium's government agreed on Tuesday to rein in its budget deficit further in 2013 and take measures including a cap on wage hikes to improve its competitiveness. After five weeks of talks, including a final push of 16 hours, ministers emerged from Prime Minister Di Rupo's residence to announce tax hikes and savings to cut the deficit to 2.15 percent of GDP from 2.8 percent this year.
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