by Corneel Vanfleteren
Revealed on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 10:49 AM •
4 min learn
Open Vld should search for a brand new chairman. A second title has now introduced itself: Flemish Member of Parliament Maurits Vande Reyde. This isn’t sudden: Vande Reyde was on the record of attainable candidates.
Within the information: Maurits Vande Reyde makes his candidacy as chairman of Open Vld official.
- In a video on Instagram, Vande Reyde explains his plans. “Belief in innovation” is his slogan. Vande Reyde doesn’t like messages that declare that the over and out can be for Open Vld. “What nonsense. We’ll come again”.
- The 38-year-old politician was chairman of Jong Vld from 2015 to 2017. He was then elected to the Flemish parliament, the place he has been a member since 2019. Within the elections in June he was re-elected with round 6,000 preferential votes, an identical end result in comparison with 2019. He’s additionally an alderman in Diest.
- Vande Reyde often stands out with robust statements that he himself spreads by way of TikTok movies. For instance, he desires to do away with “ineffective Flemish subsidies for weird shit” and there was a short witch hunt when he known as local weather protesters “idiots of the worst variety”. “On Twitter they do not perceive what irony is, on TikTok they do”, Vande Reyde responded laconically.
- Within the Flemish Parliament he set the tone once more by ignoring the so-called silence settlement. Governing events agree with one another to solely help resolutions with which all coalition companions agree. Vande Reyde symbolically submitted a decision with which CD&V didn’t agree.
- This radical line can be mirrored in his proposals as a candidate for chairman. On this, he once more advocates a downsizing of the federal government by abolishing the cupboards of ministers and he desires separate social safety for newcomers.
- One other notable proposal is the entire abolition of all taxes besides a 25 % earnings tax. That will be a would fly turn out to be: the identical proportion for everybody, no matter earnings. Open Vld launched an identical proposal in 2005, however the then SP.A didn’t agree.
Ready for Lachaert and De Bleeker
To observe: Which different Open VLD members are placing themselves ahead as candidates?
- Along with Vande Reyde, there may be presently just one title on the candidate record: entrepreneur Tineke Van Hooland. As a consequence of her unknown standing, she appears to have much less likelihood than Vande Reyde.
- Former chairman Egbert Lachaert (Open Vld) and former state secretary Eva De Bleeker (Open Vld) are nonetheless contemplating a candidacy. They need to ship one candidate who’s supported by a big following. Presumably, that candidate has the very best likelihood. However who that ought to be, shouldn’t be but clear. “What I don’t want is a dramatic battle with ten candidates. Our occasion is simply too weak for that. That’s the reason I don’t need to make a hasty determination,” Lachaert himself stated about that.
- Moreover, it can’t be dominated out that quite a lot of lesser-known, youthful politicians will supply themselves. Lachaert advocated a boss with a dictatorial type, who can resolutely steer the occasion in direction of right-wing liberalism. Vande Reyde appears extra like such a determine, however whether or not the remainder of the occasion will associate with his proposals is unsure.
- All candidates should have reported by July 8. A primary spherical of voting will finish on August 17. The second spherical, which can in all probability be vital, ends on August 24.
