The Walloon government proposed a new plan in May 2025 to support the rollout of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in its territory. The Court of Audit has examined this plan and comes with particularly strict conclusions.
As a reminder: a first support plan from 2021 already encountered reservations by the financial inspection. The new plan of Minister François Desquesnes is in fact an updating of the framework agreement with the eight Walloon agencies for territorial development, with the aim of installing additional charging points by 2026 1724.
The analysis of the Court of Audit is conclusive: “Currently, the Walloon Region does not have sufficient capacity for needs analysis to give its policy regarding charging infrastructure in a relevant way. The basic data is not available or incomplete, and the needs are not cast in models taking into account different parameters and the possibility of the possibility of loading.
The roll -out strategy of the charging stations was assumed late and does not seem to be able to provide an answer to the question of how the electricity grid will be able to bear the electrification of transport. The operational short -term objectives are not very ambitious and are not in line with the accelerating rise of electric vehicles on the market. The medium and long -term objectives must be worked out. “
Although the Court of Audit acknowledges that the municipalities, intermunicipalities and provinces have already taken various initiatives to increase the number of charging points, it finds that these measures are of limited size and are not coordinated, and that no charging station has been installed directly by the region. “The policy shows shortcomings, in particular due to the lack of clarity about the distribution of roles and responsibilities between the various government factors involved. Moreover, the policy does not guarantee that the obligations of the European AFIR regulation are being complied with,” said the Court of Audit.
Too weak network
In particular, it seems that the plans of the Walloon government do not take sufficient account of the shortcomings of the electricity transport and distribution network in the region. We have also learned that Sofico, that the most important road infrastructure is managed and charged with the application of the AFIR regulation and therefore with the installation of fast charging stations along the large traffic axes, experiences great difficulties to find locations for these stations and to supply the necessary electricity.
Finally, the Court of Audit also points out that the Walloon plans do not take the heavy transport into account.
