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“Vivaldi” or not? The debate ignites when the MR puts pressure on the CD&V (video)

As of January 12, 2020, the government has been in business for 383 days. During the last days, royal informers Georges-Louis Bouchez (MR) and Joachim Coens (CD&V) received successively the presidents of the N-VA, Bart De Wever, and of the PS, Paul Magnette. On Monday, they will report to the King on their mission and by then they should try to lay the foundations for a future government coalition.

The “Vivaldi” coalition has been regularly mentioned in recent weeks. It is an alliance of 7: the PS and the SP.A, Ecolo and Groen, the MR and the Open VLD, and then finally the CD&V. In short, a coalition without the N-VA. A possible solution for Open VLD, impossible for CD&V. We are still facing a deadlock.

The only honest answer is that you don’t know. Everyone around this table also knows at this precise moment. We do not know how to predict where we are going, we do not know if from Monday we will embark on pre-training, in training or in nothing at all“said Jan Segers, journalist for the Dutch-language daily Het Laatste Nieuws.”We must not attach too much importance to what Bart De Wever has just said last night or the note or the content of the note of the two informants. There are too many factors at play and which will decide the composition of the coalition. For example, tactical considerations for 2024 already. What is important for me is to always keep the May 26 results in mind. One may wonder: the PS and the N-VA, what do they have in common? What common goal do they have to offer themselves? Do they still have to negotiate together today? Yes. The node is always at the height of the CD&V. As soon as the CD&V drops the N-VA, we could start to negotiate a ‘Vivaldi’ coalition but they are not about to do so“.

It is again the CD&V which must save the State?

Denis Ducarme wanted to bounce back on these remarks by putting pressure on Eric Van Rompuy, president of the “CD&V seniors”: “There is still a bit of pressure on you. It is clear that if tomorrow the CD&V says OK to the ‘Vivaldi’ scheme, we have a government huh“.

It is again the CD&V which must save the State?“replied Van Rompuy.”We also have our program, our priorities. We are in a Flemish government with three parties so we must also think about that. We must find a solution and we do everything to reach an agreement but we must not force ourselves to join a ‘Vivaldi’ coalition“.

I feel like we’re a bit on the playground“replied Els Ampe, Flemish MP and senator (Open VLD).”With you I want to play, with you I don’t want. We must stop the strategic games and stick to the content: what are we going to do for the citizens?“.

Should we save the party or save the country? That’s the question!“, cut Jan Segers, putting an end to this heated debate.

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