Almost five months after the elections, trainer Bart De Wever went to the King to give him a 10th report. A press release from the Royal Palace informs us that he has submitted his resignation.
Bart De Wever has been rowing for almost 150 days, but he has not been able to move his canoe forward, the Arizona canoe, named after the 5 parties N-VA, CD&V, Vooruit, MR and Engagés, which are supposed to make up the future federal government. The five parties gathered this morning before the trainer’s meeting with the King.
After this so-called “last chance” meeting, Bart De Wever submitted his resignation to the sovereign. Upon his release, he made no statement.
“Mr. De Wever informed the King of the progress of his mission with a view to the formation of a new government. Having not obtained the agreement of all the partners currently involved in the negotiations, Mr. De Wever postponed his resignation to the King”indicates the Palace press release.
The King is holding his decision under advisement and gives Bart De Wever time, until November 12, to carry out additional consultations. Clearly, Bart De Wever remains a trainer, but he has a new deadline. On November 12, he will have to report again to the King.
Vooruit leaves negotiations
A little earlier, Conner Rousseau, president of Vooruit, left the meeting of party presidents, half an hour before the others. We learned just afterwards that the Vooruit would no longer participate in the negotiations for the formation of the Arizona government.
This means that the 4 parties will have to look for a new partner in order to obtain a narrow majority: with the Open VLD, the future coalition would have a majority of just one seat in the Chamber. It’s short, but it’s enough, on paper anyway.
Although the thematic negotiations (health, defense, energy, security, etc.) had already progressed well, they have not yet started on the budget and the central themes of taxation, employment and pensions. Vooruit considered the socio-economic score submitted by the trainer to the five parties far too unbalanced.
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