Joachim Coens and Georges-Louis Bouchez are to meet the King for a new report. Some want to take the plunge to form a government.
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VSIt is this Monday at 3:00 p.m. that King Philippe is to receive informants Joachim Coens and Georges-Louis Bouchez for a report on their mission. The greatest uncertainty persisted on Sunday on the message that the duo was going to formulate and on the decision which the head of state would take.
Are the times ripe for the federal government to “pre-train”? Will the royal mission entrusted a month ago to the presidents of the CD&V and the MR be extended? Which parties would be selected for the subsequent phase? Is there still a possibility of combining the two parties that came first in their Community, N-VA and PS?
Where is the cursor?
The recent leaks of scraps from the note produced by the duo showed that the cursor had moved towards the center-right compared to the note from the president of PS Paul Magnette, which unsurprisingly was welcomed by the N- VA, less by the PS. But the most notable reaction was that, divided, of the Open Vld: while the party spoke Wednesday evening of an “unambitious CD&V note”, the deputy Vincent Van Quickenborne considered it as a good basis for discussion .
A new step
United Sunday with the wishes of the new president of the MR Georges-Louis Bouchez, the Flemish liberals as French-speaking pleaded to pass to a new stage. The vice-president of the MR Jean-Luc Crucke would see Georges-Louis Bouchez proposing to the King to appoint a preformator. But to move forward with which parties? The CD&V remaining taped to the N-VA, what would Joachim Coens say?
“I believe that now we have enough elements to make a decision,” Bouchez pleaded on Sunday, warning against an indecision that would only benefit populists.
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