“Belgian Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne Takes Paternity Leave as a Modern Man”

Minister of Justice Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) will soon become a father for the third time, and will then take his paternity leave. That is not usual for a minister in office, but Van Quickenborne calls himself a modern man. “It used to be a tradition in politics to say: ‘I don’t have time for that. I keep working, I keep working.’ I think we have fortunately put that macho culture away from us.”

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