The divide is not North-South, it is left-right “, affirms Georges-Louis Bouchez in a long interview with the Echo, published Friday evening. The president of the MR also says himself” quite certain “that Belgium will have a full-function majority government by September 17. “There is no majority to make a right-wing government, nor is there a majority to make a left-wing government. What is blocking everything is the emergence of populists, PTB and Vlaams Belang, “he believes.” There is a point that we have forgotten, it is that only populism has emerged victorious in the last few years. elections. However, it is very complicated to form a government when there is no winner, ”adds Georges-Louis Bouchez.
The latter also reviews the stages since the elections. “I remind you that it was I who brought the N-VA to the table, the CD&V also for that matter, because the MR wanted to respect the results in Flanders. We were really rewarded, it really makes you want to help people!”
As for the discussions between Paul Magnette and Bart De Wever, which ended in failure, “if you have an agreement between two and you are not able to make it progress vis-à-vis the others, it is is that you do not agree “, concludes Georges-Louis Bouchez.
And now? What counts for the MR is the program, says the party president. “If it’s to go with an N-VA that does community work, it’s very complicated. If it’s to go with an N-VA that wants to lower taxes, better reward work and extend the work of the community. Swedish, be my guest! “
Finally, in a more general way, it would perhaps be necessary, according to him, to envisage a mechanism of constitution of a government, “to prevent that the situation does not rot”. “We could, for example, be accountable to Parliament after six months, and the deputies would decide whether or not to vote again.”
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