The budget deficit, the tax burden and the loss of purchasing power are “unsustainable and unacceptable”, he said. Bart de Wever also highlighted the many challenges that Belgium has to face. “These are troubled times. Geopolitical and economic uncertainty is high,” he said.
In this context, people turn to “strong managers and seasoned negotiators”, profiles that the N-VA has in its ranks, continued the president of the nationalists, praising “Flemish excellence”, in teaching and environmental matters in particular.
On the other hand, the federal government finds no favor in the eyes of Bart De Wever. Vivaldi leads a policy “diametrically opposed to the interests of productive Flanders”, he pointed out. The only solution, for the president of the N-VA: the autonomy of Flanders. But to achieve this, the party must remain the leading Flemish party in 2024.