Nicely done Christophe De Beukelaer and it is great that the first European politician to accept Bitcoin and convert his salary is from the Capital of the European Union.That is a great move and as he says he is doing this to inspire others,I am expecting now Dutch and German politicians as the next ones to accept Bitcoin followed by other more conservative countries and their politicians.I see no one except the communist country of China is talking against Bitcoin anymore and this is great for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.Good things hopefully should follow.

Not new that celebrities heads-up with Bitcoin's positivity. Now it's become a trend, after El Salvador's acceptance, Brazil's acceptance they got support over Bitcoin.
and now both institutions and government can realize that they had a mistake not accepting Bitcoin before the Bull Run.
I've heard a news that Domino's franchise a well-known restaurant brand accepted Bitcoin and offered its employe to get paid their salary via Bitcoin.

Very admirable Belgian MP accepted Bitcoin, now his acceptance and honest courage will take his people one step further.

Even though this is a great initiative by him and a good display of being an crypto enthusiast but the title was pretty misleading to be honest, i thought it was the authority which was paying him in bitcoin and he chose to accept that form of payment. Getting your salary and converting it to bitcoin doesn't count as accepting salary in bitcoin to be very honest. But anyways it's a good initiative and maybe initiatives like this will encourage people around thr globe to pay in btc.

Just as what I've thought of and comparing it with the New York's mayor. I thought that this Belgian MP would be accepting directly his salary in bitcoin.
But just like the mayor, they have to convert and buy bitcoin using this salary. More and more of these politicians are seeing the true potential of bitcoin. Wishing that more of them would be investing in bitcoin but I also smell that bad politicians will take advantage of it too.

Aha, but he converted it himself, so how's that different from investing? Correct me if I'm wrong, but he is not actually being paid in BTC, he's just taking regular money and converting it to BTC? If that's the case, I do applaud him, but until there are actuall options to get paid by your employer in BTC, then we haven't really moved that much forward. But on the positive side, it could nudge other high-ranking officials to do the same, and with that tilt the positive. sentiment towards crypto. Good move on his part.

I have no issue with the technicalities of this whole thing. Even if Christophe De Beukelaer is not actually directly accepting his salary in Bitcoin, the point is he is investing with Bitcoin and that means we can assume that he is really sold with Bitcoin and doing it these days when BTC is on the dip can mean that when it is up he can be one of the many who would be smiling all day long. Of course, we can expect that when there will be another dip some people can be asking him if he did the right thing - a cycle when you are involved with a famous personality so if you are not famous don't worry on this. Anyway, am hoping that soon we can see an avalanche of people known to many who will also go for Bitcoin either directly accepting their salary on BTC or maybe just accepting it on fiat money and then convert them to Bitcoin.

If we have been reading and hearing for weeks about how the mayor of NY will receive three of his salaries in Bitcoin (in the same way as this Belgian member of parliament), then I guess the EU must have its 5 minutes of glory in a politician who wants to do the same.

So while some will say that the two cases do not have the same weight in terms of impact on Bitcoin given the position of the mayor of NY - I would still say that Christophe De Beukelaer🇧🇪, unlike Eric Adams, understands the difference between Bitcoin and shitcoin. Of course, I am thinking of the fact that Adams is investing his salary in one altcoin in addition to BTC.

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He will not do anything (for now) because he is not a member of the EU Parliament but of the Belgian National Parliament. Even if he is a member of the EU parliament, he could hardly do anything in that chicken coop full of incompetent politicians, of which at least 90% have no idea what Bitcoin is.

As for the use and tax on Bitcoin, there are at least some EU members that are quite advanced in this regard - for example, Portugal, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia and maybe some other countries - to seek a common solution at the moment is completely impossible - for years EU members have not been able to agree to accept the AML5 directive because some national parliaments have not adopted it. 

If that's the justification, then I think it makes no difference to many other countries. I can also buy bitcoins on any trading platform I like after the government fills my account balance with monthly salary. It doesn't mean the government has paid my salary in bitcoin, but I use my salary to buy bitcoin. I just think it's a good endorsement for bitcoin from a public figure that might stimulate others to buy. But if people think the government is starting to pay salaries with bitcoin, then that is a mistake.

It is still difficult for the government to adopt bitcoin as a currency let alone pay salaries with bitcoin. But that can be expected when many countries start adopting bitcoin as a means of payment, but not now.

Based on its function, bitcoin can be used to pay for anything, including paying the salaries of government officials. I guess right now only El Salvador might try to do it first than other countries ^{[I have no information on that]} but other countries haven't been able to do it given the legality of bitcoin itself.

But the government will not agree with bitcoin, news is something called distortion of facts for other purposes ^{[perhaps promoting exchange]} where some sentences are misinterpreted. Most countries pay their employees' salaries through banks, so it's unlikely that banks will redeem them for bitcoin if they haven't adopted it. But the news can also have a positive impact on interest which can affect market demand.