Sophie Rohonyi, candidate for the presidency of DéFI, says she is attentive and worried about the formation of the Brussels government. His party does not have the ambition to join a government, but does not definitively rule out participation.
Sophie Rohonyi, the former DéFI federal deputy, was the guest of Bel RTL matin. At the microphone of Martin Buxant, the one who aims to replace François De Smet at the head of her party commented on the difficult negotiations to succeed in forming a Brussels government and the recent declarations of the trainer, MR David Leisterh, in the press.
You have six DéFI deputies in the Brussels Parliament. Will they help create a possible Brussels majority with Les Engagés, the MR and/or the PS, since we know that it is complicated in Brussels?
I think we have to be humble about the election results. And so, we have no ambition to get into a Brussels regional government. Now, we are keeping an eye on what will happen, whether we are needed, because I am very worried about the fate that Les Engagés and the MR intend to reserve for the Brussels region. In particular when I hear Mr Leisterh say that the Brussels region has been managed by Brussels residents for too long. I think that this is common sense and that we must be able to respect the autonomy of Brussels to avoid Brussels suddenly finding itself as an area under government supervision.
If David Leisterh, the Brussels trainer, says that, it is because there is not a single euro left in the Brussels coffers. He knows that he will have to go and get it somewhere. The people of Brussels can be autonomous, but at the same time, where are they going to find their money? Otherwise, this region is bankrupt.
So, in relation to that, indeed, there are avenues that must be explored. I would also like to remind you that Mr. Leisterh announced major reforms in the 100 days following the elections. We’re still not there. He has only just started negotiations. At DéFI level, we have been proposing, for example, for a very long time, to introduce taxation in the workplace, to rationalize spending, with many fewer public interest organizations, fewer ministerial offices, fewer of deputies. Expenditures must be rationalized. And therefore, Brussels is not managed only with slogans, but above all with concrete actions.
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