It is not the first time that he has made statements in this sense. In 2021, the nationalist said: “I would die happier as a southern Dutch than as Belgian“.
Terrifying
These expressions of the Belgian Prime Minister have thrilled many French -speaking elected officials. Several PS and Défi representatives have seen additional proof that the wolf was in the sheepfold. In other words, that the nationalists in power in reality only sought to put in place their confederalist project, itself sex hidden of separatism.
Dave Sinardet, professor of political science at VUB and at Saint-Louis Brussels University, believes that politicians over-the age of the Prime Minister’s intentions. “”Bart de Wever says he is aware that he can no longer repeat this kind of thing in his current function, but he repeats them a little bit. I do not believe that it is necessarily a thoughtful communication strategy. He gave an interview to a Dutch media, and logically the journalist asked him this question, since it had made a similar statement in the Dutch media. Bart de Wever is also anxious to show that it is not because it is at 16, rue de la Loi, that it is necessarily completely transformed – this is what was criticized in Alexander de Croo from the time of the Vivaldi. “
What impact on the festivities of July 21?
The former president of the N-VA has never shown real enthusiasm to endorse the costume of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium. The first point of the statutes of his party further defends the idea of an “independent Flemish Republic”. This added to its declarations to the attachist perfume naturally raises the question of national holiday. Will the Republican be present alongside the king, symbol of a unitary Belgium, on July 21? Should we expect an absence or manifestation of disinterest?
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Street of the law, these questions are sweptly swept away. “”It should not be believed that the function of Prime Minister will change with Bart de Wever. The N-VA is a party of conservatives, no revolutionaries. “
“This episode will have no consequences for the organization of July 21”, observe another used to 16. “Bart De Wever has good relations with the palace. He distinguishes political and historian reflection from his function. “
“I am a happy minister”: Theo Francken is delighted that France and Belgium cooperate more closely on the military level
This year, nationalists seem to attach symbolic importance to this event. The Minister of Defense Theo Francken wants to take advantage of the opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of his work by already parading the first vehicles from the CAMO, the industrial-military partnership that links France to Belgium.
“Orangeman”
According to our interlocutors, the Prime Minister is “orangist”. It is a nostalgic for “the golden era” of the Republic of the United Provinces, the 16th century, long before the creation of Belgium (1830). It is that Bart de Wever regrets, it was the auspicious period of Antwerp before it was destroyed by the seat of 1585. Following this episode, many renowned intellectuals left Antwerp. It has lost a little of its global influence. History lovers – like Bart de Wever – consider that this seat has been a historic drama for the Dutch nation.
“There is a link with Antwerp and his former role as a bourgmestre”, recognizes Dave Sinardet, who is also Antwerp. “1585 was dramatic for Antwerp-before, it was really the North Venice, the economic center. It took almost a century before Antwerp recovers it. We also knew between 1815 and 1830 the Dutch United Kingdom, which more or less brought together current Belgium, including Liège. In its logic, 1815 was not bad either, but the problematic problem for Antwerp.
