Part of the opposition presss the federal government to follow up on France and also recognize Palestine as a state.
The president of PSPaul Magnette, reacted quickly to the French announcement. “If Macron can do it, there is no reason why Belgium does not do it too. Faced with the current genocide, recognizing Palestine is the only way to put the Netanyahu government under pressure and move towards peace,” he said on X on Thursday evening.
L’Open Vld is on the same wavelength. “France and Emmanuel Macron will recognize Palestine in September as a state. Belgium must join them: more than 60,000 victims, a hungry population, no perspective of peace. Recognition must be part of a process towards a legitimate and democratic autonomy. The time has come from a European coalition for peace,” said deputy Kjell Van der Elst on X.
“It’s a turning point,” noted the co-president ofEcolo Samuel Cogolati. “But that is not enough. It is not a recognition that nourishes babies in Gaza or which stops ethnic cleaning in the West Bank. It is necessary to protect. It is necessary to act. And it is necessary to act. And Belgium? How many deaths will it still have for our government to take responsibility? Even Emmanuel Macron moves. The N-VA had dropped a government for a symbolic text. Mure in an accomplice silence in front of an in progress genocide?
“We support the recognition of Palestine. For us the priority is to put an end to the genocide and this can be done by putting pressure on Israel with economic sanctions and an embargo,” said the chef PTB from group to room, Sofie Merckx.
