First, there is the need to have two majorities, one per linguistic role. Added to this is a puzzle-style distribution of seats which, unlike other levels of power, considerably complicates possible alliances and therefore the chances of compromise. But beyond this slump, there are countless postures: the PS stubbornly refuses a Dutch-speaking majority including the N-VA, Écolo wants to rebuild itself in opposition after a historic debacle and Défi, plunged into indescribable internal chaos , is content with vague provocations to exist in the media. On the Dutch-speaking side, the picture is not more glorious: the seats won by the communitarian Team Fouad Ahidar and by the far right complicate the situation and the CD&V poses inconsiderate demands from the top of its only seat.
In Brussels, David Leisterh is under pressure while the blockage is total: “It is perhaps time for someone else to take on this role of trainer”
Dismissing the N-VA is not easy. The signal sent by the MR, Les Engagés, Vooruit and the CD&V to the federal trainer would be complicated to accept while Bart De Wever hopes to land with these same parties within two weeks. Additionally, this track would require the creation of an additional Secretary of State position.
Around the Brussels table, if everyone welcomes David Leisterh’s difficulties, the negotiators should stop looking at each other like a dog, because no credible option excludes the Reform Movement from the equation. Throwing in the towel would only prolong an unjustifiable political crisis. And staying on the balcony, as the president of the PS, the second largest party in the capital, does, is no longer tenable…
