It has been two weeks since the boss of the Brussels PS Ahmed Laaouej warned that he did not wish to enter into negotiations with the N-VA to form a regional government. Dutch-speaking trainer Elke Van den Brandt (Groen), who presented her majority project, was rejected on Thursday.
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By Julien ThomasPublished on 11/28/2024 at 10:07 p.m.
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C“vetos and these political calculations which parasitize the negotiations”, we wrote last week to explain the multiple blockages around the Brussels negotiations. The observation generally concerns, at different scales, all the players around the table. This Thursday, the saga experienced a new (and far from being the last) episode. Around noon, Dutch-speaking trainer Elke Van den Brandt (Groen) announced that she had found a majority in her linguistic camp. The outgoing regional Minister of Mobility thus indicates that Groen, N-VA, Open VLD and Vooruit are prepared to embark on negotiations with a view to the future regional executive. With his press release, the environmentalist is in reality seeking to shift the pressure or place the responsibility for the blockage on French-speakers, or simply on the PS.
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