Groen, Vooruit, the CD&V and the engagement, on the French -speaking side, appointed Yvan Verougstraete, the president of the centrist, as a facilitator in order to relaunch negotiations for the formation of a Brussels government, announced the interested party on Wednesday.
“These four parties asked me to carry out a facilitator mission to relaunch the dynamics and give the Brussels residents a project to which they are entitled“He said.
“Many initiatives have taken place in the past 14 months to try to form a government in Brussels. Just before the parliamentary holidays, creative proposals have still been put forward. It is however to recognize that, whatever the reasons, these different approaches have not been able to achieve so far. But the emergency is there“recalled Mr. Verougstraete.
On the ground, bilaterals “fairly short“will be carried out on Monday”with all democratic parties“Only the Vlaams Belang will be excluded, said the president of the engaged.”The idea is to then pass the hand to a trainer to lead to the formation of an executive for September 15“He added.
The objective is to reverse the order of priorities
The goal is to bring together “A maximum of parties ready to discuss a positive project together, taking into account the dynamic spirit of the living forces of Brussels“. A balanced framework note will be taken from these meetings, which will also identify”Those who are ready to start negotiations on this basis“.
“The objective is to reverse the order of priorities by defining, above all, an ambitious project around which it will be possible to bring together a sufficient majority“, continued the facilitator. If, at first, it is not possible to bring this double majority together, the four parties say they are nevertheless ready to continue the substantive work.
Contacts will also be maintained with the parties that are not around the table in order to maximize the chances of obtaining the balance point allowing to identify these majorities.
The parties seated at the negotiating table will define, when the hand should be taken over by a trainer, for him to install a government before the Back to the Brussels parliamentary, on September 15.
“It is no longer a question of testing majorities, but of building a positive dynamic. The end of the summer will be decisive. Fall must mark a new start to get Brussels out of inaction and put the region back to the service of its inhabitants“Concluded Yvan Verougstraete.
