Federal training: “There was not a sincere desire to negotiate at Vooruit”, according to Georges-Louis Bouchez

AWhile Bart De Wever is expected at the King on Tuesday to make a new report on the state of federal negotiations, Georges-Louis Bouchez spoke about the withdrawal of Vooruit to our colleagues from Litter : “We realized that there was no sincere desire to negotiate at Vooruit. Worse than that, I think that this will was not there for a long time. Vooruit hid this as the municipal elections approached to make the agreement with the N-VA in Flanders and in the big cities. »

“I have to go like Romeo to the balcony to bring Juliet back? “, quips the president of the MR again about a possible return of Vooruit to the negotiations. “We have to stop the sketch. How long are we going to belly dance in front of Conner Rousseau? We don’t have time anymore. I’m willing to wait, but if there’s any point. (…) If Vooruit does not want to, what is the alternative, apart from Open VLD? If we want to adopt a budget quickly there is no other formula. (…) The idea is that even with one more seat, it remains a majority. The idea is to be on one priority: putting the finances in order. (…) A liberal family united within the government to carry out center-right reforms would be the Open VLD’s best response to the criticisms leveled at it. »