The liberals want to put pressure on parliamentarians by depositing their own text, despite the deadlock of negotiations.
The political crisis that has been played out for ten months in Brussels has been not surprised in the speeches of the various party presidents on the occasion of the Labor Day. If the leader of the Brussels PS Ahmed Laaouej denounced “the absence” of the Brussels liberals in these negotiations and opened the way to the formation of a majority without the Blues, the president of the MR recalled that the regional government will not be without them. “” “The game of the left is to prevent us from forming a parliamentary majority. But I say to Ahmed Laaouej ‘you will not steal our victory with us!’ ”he said before some 2,000 activists and agents during a meeting organized at the Grand Palais in Charleroi.
The Liberal President has also announced in the process that his party would file a text of general policy declaration for the Capital Region before the Brussels Parliament next June. “” “There will then be only one choice: blowing a wind of reform or allowing the situation to rot!“, He said for the attention of other political parties.
As a reminder, the MR (20 seats) came at the top of the regional elections on June 9, followed by the PS (16 seats), the PTB (15 seats) and the committed (8 seats). On the Dutch-speaking side, Groen (4 seats) is followed by the Fouad Ahidar team (3 seats) then the N-VA, the Open VLD, Vooruit and the Vlaams Belang (2 seats each).
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-Gabriel Attal was the guest of honor for this Charleroi meeting. Applaudi standing by the public, the former French Prime Minister made a discourse in the law thread of the MR, focused on the value of work, the reforms, freedom and autonomy of Europe in a geopolitical context today particularly heckled.
Georges-Louis Bouchez, also seized the opportunity to defend the reforms undertaken by the various governments in which the Blues participate. The Montois has worked to try to reassure the growing concerns that these changes arouse, in particular the end of unemployment benefits after two years and the overload that this could cause by ricochet on the CPAS. “” “We will ensure that CPAS can support these people (excluded from unemployment, editor’s note) one by a“, Promised Mr. Bouchez, adding that beneficiaries of social integration income (RIS) will however be called upon to provide their arms to the service of the community.“ “Solidarity is like love, it requires an effort on both sides“, He said.
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