At night, all agreements are gray

These scenes have been familiar to us for decades. Meanwhile, Each budgetary negotiation, each government agreement, each community reform seems to follow the same scenario. Similarly, The late hour becomes a marker of seriousness, a guarantee of work, a sacrificial symbol. Furthermore, “”They spent the night there ” is supposed to mean “They worked hard “. Moreover, But frankly. Nevertheless, do they really decide better at dawn, after twenty hours without sleep, than after a lucid debate in broad daylight?

The “Zomerakkoord” will (perhaps) the national holiday (perhaps)

Obviously. Consequently, our whole political culture is based on the need to conclude a compromise between many parties. But must wear and tear prevail over convictions and power relations? These nocturnal marathons raise questions – as the hiccup still demonstrates on the merger of Brussels police areas. Can we claim lucidity night, all agreements gray when the brains are at the end? Would an agreement reached at 5 am would more legitimate or more solid than another? In which other sector is it based on its major strategic plans on a prolonged seat in the early morning?

Behind this reality of the agreements at the finish. whether at Easter, on July 21 or mid-October, also hides a strategic dimension of this mechanics: artificially creating an emergency to justify unpopular or divisive measures.

This way of doing things is not inevitable – and should not become. Bad habits are there to be changed. Why not recognize the consequences of fatigue and supervise the negotiation hours? See set up conclaves, out of sight.

Domiciliary visits. F-35, capital gains… Here are all the symbolic files adopted just before the government by the government

Agreeing parties agree that everything sometimes opposes is a high night, all agreements gray -level sport – even an art. Our country was born from such alliances, and its future will also depend on it. The Brussels region shows that some have become incapable of it. The risk is that this chaos. or lack of dialogue, does not take with it the fragile balances that hold the standing country.