For its part, the opposition presses for recognition of Palestine. “RDecorating Palestine is the only way to put the government of Netanyahu under pressure and move towards peace“, says Paul Magnette, president of the PS. Same message on the side of the Open VLD and Ecolo as well as the PTB which also put pressure on the federal government.
But within Arizona, the question is still far from unanimous. So far, MR and N-VA are against, at least, as long as certain conditions are not met (clear delimitation of the borders, dismantling of Hamas …). A resolution in this sense had also been adopted last May in the House. For the MR, Emmanuel Macron’s announcement does not change anything. “”Our priority is to restore the humanitarian situation and stop the conflict. Recognition has nothing to do with it and is a symbol that risks, on the contrary, to harden positions“, Besides one among the Liberals.”All these statements are useless and unworthy. Who are they to consider having moral values superior to ours. “ On the side of the N-VA, it is radio silence. In a message posted on X this Friday afternoon, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maxime Prévot (engaged), specifies that he will introduce a proposal in September to allow the government to rule.
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Vooruit, the committed and the CD&V rang the tone
In addition to the recognition of the state of Palestine, another question tugs Arizona: possible sanctions of Belgium against Israel. In a publication on his Instagram account, the president of the CD&V, Sammy Mahdi, says “disgusted by the attitude of certain parties within the majority“. He talks about a situation that has become unbearable.”Every day, my throat tight and I realize that my Christian democratic values are in contradiction with the immobility of our country, because some, for electoral reasons, put sticks in the wheels“, He writes. He criticizes the government for systematically rejecting the proposals of his party.
An opinion shared by the president of the committed. “”Inaction in the face of the suffering inflicted on Gaza is no longer an error in judgment, it is a moral fault. An admission of inhumanity“, estimates Yvan Verougstraete.
The president of Vooruit, Conner Rousseau, goes a notch further and is addressed directly to the French -speaking liberals. “”The MR must stop fighting humanity. This goes beyond the boundaries of political parties“says the president of the Flemish socialists. Answer from the MR this Friday, through Denis Ducarme. He calls for the Prime Minister.”Hello Bart, hello, Mr. Rousseau goes too far, you know … Yes absolutely, we drop very little trials ‘inhumanity’ among the Liberals. Do you make a phone call? Or we take care of making him understand at the start of the parliamentary school “launches the federal deputy, scathing, on his X account.
Seeing the opening, this Friday, the PTB called for its part to form an alternative majority with Vooruit, the CD&V and committed them to sanction Israel. A (very) unlikely scenario which still embodies growing tensions within the federal majority.
The king denounces “the serious humanitarian drifts in Gaza, where innocents die of hunger and fall under the bombs”