Belgian minister finally stops to be with her sick husband

– AFP – NOS News•today, 03:00 — Belgian minister Sophie Wilmès will not return as foreign minister. She announced in April that she temporarily stops because she wanted to be with her husband who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Now she has definitively resigned from her position and resigned. – “My … Read more

After 150 hours of debating, Wilmès finally appears before Chamber …

After 33 hearings and more than 150 hours of debates, the Covid-19 parliamentary committee with former Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès finally receives (virtually) one of the protagonists of the corona crisis today. In the meantime, hard work is being done behind the scenes on a final report, which should be completed before the summer. – … Read more

Deputy Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès is still in intensive care

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sophie Wilmès (MR) is still in the intensive care department of the Delta hospital in Auderghem. “Her condition is improving step by step and she is not being ventilated,” says her spokeswoman Elke Pattyn. – Last week, Wilmès herself announced that she had tested positive for covid-19. … Read more

Deputy Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès (MR) is in intensive care: ‘Please …

Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès (MR) has been admitted to intensive care because of covid-19. That was confirmed to The standard. Her condition is stable and she is conscious, her spokesman said. – On Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès (MR) announced via Twitter that she had become infected with the corona virus, presumably … Read more

N-VA criticizes Prime Minister Wilmès’ Dutch: “…

Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès (MR) received a barrage of questions about the decisions of the Security Council in The Chamber on Thursday. But there was also very different criticism of the prime minister: her language errors when she communicates in Dutch. Member of Parliament and Mayor of Aalst Christoph D’Haese (N-VA) is annoyed that Wilmès … Read more

Wilmès ‘ready’ to continue until October 1 (Brussels)

Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès accepts the proposal to stay in the Sixteen until October 1. She does want to remain at the disposal of parliament, where she promised in March to organize a vote of confidence by 17 September at the latest. Wilmès said this in a digital debate by her party MR. – September … Read more

Bouchez on Magnette’s candidacy for premiership: “So …

“The candidacy of Paul Magnette (PS) to become prime minister amazes me.” So says Georges-Louis Bouchez (MR). Bouchez wants to keep Sophie Wilmès (MR) in control at 16 rue de la Loi and says she has a 70 percent chance of remaining prime minister. – –Paul Magnette (PS) Foto: Photo News “It’s not a personal … Read more

MR pushes Wilmès as prime minister, and gets support from Ecolo

The MR thinks Sophie Wilmès should stay in the ’16’. “During a difficult period, she fulfilled her position constructively and interestingly,” says Ecolo co-chair Rajae Maouane. – Next week, the battle for the premiership will start. The only reason that preformer Egbert Lachaert (Open VLD) plays extensions for another week with co-reformer Conner Rousseau is … Read more

How do you motivate a population to keep going?

Take care of yourself and take care of others. With that message, Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès regularly closed her press conferences on new measures at the height of the corona crisis. This call is no longer sufficient now that the number of infections has increased in recent weeks and the motivation of many Belgians … Read more