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If there is no majority by 17 September, elections must be considered, argue the Flemish and French-speaking liberals.
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The preformateurs Bart De Wever (N-VA) and Paul Magnette (PS) go to the king at 11 o’clock, after they failed to fill their ‘bubble of five’ (N-VA, PS, sp.a, CD&V and cdH) to include the liberals or the greens. It remains to be seen who brings the Palace to the fore. Time is running out anyway: the remaining Wilmès government only has confidence until 17 September.
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If no majority is in the pipeline by then, elections are an option. It is not an issue to allow the Wilmes government (38 seats) to continue in current affairs. That is what the Flemish and French-speaking liberals both understand on Monday. “Both we and CD&V have made it clear that this working method is not an option,” said Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert in an interview with De Standaard. ‘At the MR they realize that it is a dead end. Week after week, we would lose votes in an uncontrollable parliament. ‘
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If there is nothing on September 17, the discussion will start when elections are possible, says Lachaert. He proposes a date ‘somewhere in 2021’. ‘We must not have dreamed that we would dissolve the Chamber and then a major corona outbreak would occur. Then we are really out of control. It would be a nightmare. ‘
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Jean-Luc Crucke, Walloon Minister of Budget for the MR, also directed elections on Radio 1 in The Morning if there is no solution on 17 September.
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