Arizona, the alliance between the N-VA, the MR, the CD&V and Vooruit, seems to be on its way out. The Flemish socialists withdrew from the negotiating table while Bart De Wever, trainer, submitted his resignation to the King.
The failure of negotiations to set up a so-called Arizona coalition, bringing together the N-VA, the MR, the Engagés, Vooruit and the CD&V is a “regrettable missed opportunity”, said Monday the president of the Engagés, Maxime Prévot.
Trainer Bart De Wever submitted his resignation to the King on Monday after Vooruit refused to engage in the continuation of federal negotiations until a new socio-economic note and new budgetary tables were not submitted to the five parties. This new setback further undermines the chances of forming a government and voting a budget before the end of the year, while Belgium is subject to an excessive deficit procedure and must submit a program to Europe sanitation.
“There are elements of dissatisfaction, there is something for everyone around the table. But at some point, it is not miraculously with a snap of the fingers that the budgetary tables will improve. The only way to get these to be modified in a direction that is more favorable to each other is to agree to debate, to negotiate“, said Maxime Prévot at our microphone.
“This attitude is for me a lack of maturity and sense of responsibility, refusing even to start negotiations to see how we improve the texts. We had to leave room for dialogue, for negotiation and Conner Rousseau did not want that. He claims that the only summary of what we discussed for months was ‘Defend the super-rich and multinationals’. Frankly, it’s grotesque. It is even insulting to the negotiators and collaborators because the content is the polar opposite of that.“, he concludes.
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