Saint-Josse mayor fights Brussels Region over accounts, joins AIS fraud case

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode municipal council voted to appeal the Brussels Region's second refusal to approve its 2024 accounts and to join as civil plaintiff in a housing allocation fraud case involving its social housing agency (AIS). Mayor Emir Kir alleges regional 'asphyxiation' of the municipality, escalating a local political conflict. The move signals a hardening of municipal-regional tensions, though the legal and political outcomes remain uncertain.