At 11 am co-formators Paul Magnette (PS) and Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) made a statement. It contained little additional information. “Forming a federal government seemed impossible for too long,” said De Croo. ‘I would like to explicitly thank my colleague Paul Magnette. We have worked very hard together to form a government. ‘
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‘We are at a time when a great many people are having a hard time,’ says De Croo. ‘Schools have to close now and then, 100,000 have temporarily lost their jobs, so many families have had to say goodbye to loved ones, acquaintances, neighbors. Those things have marked us all in recent months. We have also seen many beautiful things. We say too little what a beautiful country we live in. A country that, when it comes down to it, succeeds in joining forces. To achieve more together than we could ever have done alone. ‘
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I realize that a lot of people are skeptical. It is up to us to convince those who have doubts about what we want to do with our society.