{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_x5657qqtmgvqtpojqkmq","title":"Stad Mechelen mag 5,1 miljoen euro aan extra boetekosten houden: gouverneur Berx staat machteloos","title_en":"City of Mechelen allowed to keep 5.1 million euros in additional fines: Governor Berx is powerless","outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/city-of-mechelen-allowed-to-keep-5-1-million-euros-in-additional-fines-x5657qqtmg","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_x5657qqtmgvqtpojqkmq","seq":401788,"kind":"article","title":"Stad Mechelen mag 5,1 miljoen euro aan extra boetekosten houden: gouverneur Berx staat machteloos","title_en":"City of Mechelen allowed to keep 5.1 million euros in additional fines: Governor Berx is powerless","url":"https://www.hln.be/binnenland/stad-mechelen-mag-5-1-miljoen-euro-aan-extra-boetekosten-houden-gouverneur-berx-staat-machteloos~a7dd3704","summary":"Meer dan 500.000 Vlamingen kregen de voorbije jaren in Mechelen een verkeersboete en betaalden daar extra kosten op. De stad van burgemeester Bart Somers (Anders) haalde zo bijna 5,1 miljoen euro op, maar de voorbije weken was het onzeker of Mechelen dat geld mocht houden. Er liep een klacht binnen bij gouverneur Cathy Berx. Haar oordeel is goed nieuws voor Somers: ze kan en mag de kosten niet meer terugvorderen.","published":"2026-09-28T08:38:00Z","seen":"2026-09-28T10:42:57Z","lang":"nl","country":"BE","source":{"id":"kite-hln-be-354e19","name":"hln.be","domain":"hln.be","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1457499","name":"Het Laatste Nieuws","type":"newspaper","country":"BE","designations":["daily newspaper","organization"]}},"via":"kite-hln-be-354e19","authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q162022","name":"Mechelen","type":"place"}],"image":"https://images.hln.be/ZWNkY2E1Y2E2YzVmNWY5ZDQ3MzIvZGlvLzI3NTc3MDg2Mi9maXQtd2lkdGgvNDAw/bart-somers-cathy-berx","story":"st_x5657qqtmgvqtpojqkmq","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.5600000023841858,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.7900000214576721,"political":0.33000001311302185}]}