“The ministerial decision to close the shops was finalized yesterday evening,” said the Antwerp mayor. “This was announced at 11:36 am today. Then the shops had just opened.”
“If they had announced this early this morning, they could have closed shops all over the country and they could have banned cross-border shopping. But they have not done that.”
Conclusion according to De Wever. “However, that was the only logical measure to prevent people from moving criss-cross in search of stores that are still open.” Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) does not want to respond to the statement by the Antwerp mayor.
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