We will soon be able to celebrate Mother’s Day with a pint on a terrace. Despite a clash between socialists Elio Di Rupo and Frank Vandenbroucke, the Consultation Committee decided on Wednesday that cafés and restaurants may open their terraces on 8 May. Or should we add ‘maybe’ to that? After all, the consensus is … Read more
Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert does not want to go into detail about the new allegations that have been leaked about Flemish Member of Parliament Sihame El Kaouakibi. ‘This must be assessed by a judge, then we can draw the necessary consequences,’ he says. – Lachaert points out To the point on that the politician … Read more
A judicial investigation is opened in Let’s Go Urban’s file. The Antwerp public prosecutor’s office confirms this on Friday evening. The investigation is intended to clarify the financial tangle surrounding the non-profit organization and to investigate what is wrong with the alleged financial mismanagement and the possible abuse of subsidies. – Let’s Go Urban and … Read more
Karel Pinxten Photo: BELGA – Former minister Karel Pinxten is no longer a member of Open Vld. That said chairman Egbert Lachaert on Sunday at VTM Nieuws. – Karel Pinxten was the Belgian Member of the European Court of Auditors between March 2006 and April 2018. An investigation by the European anti-fraud agency OLAF revealed … Read more
Vivaldi’s honeymoon is over, the first cracks within the coalition are showing. Things will go wrong if not everyone pulls the same tack, says Open VLD chairman Egbert Lachaert. And he doesn’t like the fact that his liberal colleague Bouchez continues to advocate relaxation. “It won’t change until January.” – What do you know about … Read more
“If it turns out in November 2021 that there is a problem with security of supply, we can keep the two youngest nuclear power stations open.” Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said this on Sunday in ‘The seventh day’ on One. He does not want to participate in the political “auction” in the nuclear exit … Read more
Our endlessly complicated political system with no fewer than eight Ministers of Health has caused many extra deaths. Virologist Marc Van Ranst and the editor-in-chief of The Lancet Richard Horton. Political scientists and even many politicians agree. But what can be done to end the current cacophony? We asked the various parties. – Who orders … Read more
After Monday’s attack in Vienna, the security services in our country are monitoring the security situation more closely, and are following it up nationally and internationally. This was heard on Wednesday at the cabinet of the Minister of the Interior Annelies Verlinden (CD&V). – The Strategic and Coordinating Committee for Intelligence and Security met on … Read more
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) wants to do everything he can to avoid a new lockdown. He says that in an interview with The standard. “We have it in our own hands”, it sounds. – “A government can communicate, enact and enforce rules. But in the end, regardless of the rule of four, … Read more
Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open VLD) wants to do everything he can to avoid a new lockdown. He says that in an interview with The standard. “We have it in our own hands”, it sounds. “A government can communicate, enact and enforce rules. But in the end, regardless of the rule of four, everyone … Read more