In recent weeks, Bouchez stirred up the debate about headscarves in the government and brought a discussion to the federal government about an applicant for the Brussels transport company STIB. Also the issue surrounding the government commissioner at the Institute for Equality between Women and Men (IGVM), appointed by Ecolo State Secretary Sarah Schlitz, Ihsane Haouach, was a sensitive point for Bouchez. Ihsane Haouach wears a headscarf, something that according to Bouchez goes against the neutrality of the state. He vented his protest on Twitter.
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Prime Minister Alexander De Croo had to return to parliament even after question time about the issue in the House, because his… report of the core cabinet on the appointment of government commissioner Haouach apparently did not correspond with what MR minister David Clarnival later tweeted about it. De Croo said that no one questioned the appointment. Clarnival, however, reported on Twitter that on behalf of the MR he opposed the appointment, which had taken place without consultation.
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Walloon minister Crucke thinks it is all going too far and now calls his chairman, Bouchez, to order. “We wanted Vivaldi. We, the Liberals. This was the government we’ve been pushing for. And it has everything in its hands to succeed, but then we also have to make the hell that she can succeed and stop with her all the time.” because then you get a perfect recipe for a victory of the extremes”, it sounds stern.
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Crucke mainly talks about Bouchez’s style. “I think 95 percent of the MR agrees with his position on neutrality and the headscarf,” said Crucke. “But the way he flies in, that’s really not possible.”
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