REPORTING. Ex-CD&V chairman Joachim Coens is breathing again in ‘his’ Damme: “You don’t have to go into national politics for your happiness” | News

“Let’s just say none of my family regrets it being done.” Joachim Coens (CD&V) seems to be breathing again, now that he has been freed from his daily portion of criticism as CD&V chairman and from the Wetstraat gossip. “That was unbelievable, wasn’t it? That gossip about Annelies Verlinden and me has even made the rounds here in Damme!”