De Wever still believes in a federal formation: “People are afraid of a long political crisis, we can really avoid it”

Government formation blocked: Bart De Wever urgently seeks “a stable majority”

The trainer seeks to constitute the “strongest and most stable majority possible” and, according to him, the N-VA, the MR, the Engagés and the CD&V agree to say that “there is no alternative to the current formula”, that is to say a coalition including Vooruit. Mr. De Wever will now work to “convince” the president of the Flemish socialists, Conner Rousseau, to come and negotiate. “I’m going to try to convince him. No one would understand why we don’t even come to negotiate. We may not agree with the basic proposal but that’s what negotiations are for. If we want to change something thing, we are going to negotiate, that is the essence of negotiation,” he remarked at the VRT microphone.

“It’s a bit of a question of political courage,” he stressed, recognizing the difficulty of the reforms that would have to be carried out. “The most stable majority is with Vooruit but if Vooruit does not want to negotiate, we will have to look to parliament with whom we can achieve what is absolutely necessary,” he added.

The Open Vld could therefore enter the field but with a majority of just one seat, and without a majority on the Flemish side.

“It’s certainly not my favorite path, but it would then be an emergency government which would draw up a budget and bring certain reforms to parliament,” he said.