Belgium’s Social and Political Issues: Racism, Climate Activism, and Wallonia’s Challenges

2023-10-06 19:01:00

This Friday, October 6, Julien Bal received several guests on his set: Didier Lebbe, CSC permanent delegate for aviation, Mireille-Tsheusi Robert, president of Bamko asbl (Women’s Anti-Racist Monitoring Committee) and Xavier Dupret, economist at the Joseph Foundation Jacquemotte.

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For Didier Lebbe, we stigmatize the demonstrations instead of talking about what the demonstration defends. “I’ve known this since I was little. It’s always existed,” he explains. Ludivine de Magnanville, president of the Brussels Horeca Federation, emphasizes having difficulty with this activism because it attacks spectators who have worked to pay for this show who are themselves perhaps eco-friendly. “I rather defend construction, diplomacy, exchange,” she specifies.

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Ordinary racism: does Belgium have a problem?

For Mike Willemaers, a business communicator, racism is not an opinion but an offense. “Vooruit in Flanders is a center-right here,” he declares. Didier Lebbe tries to tone down the Rousseau affair. The Flemish socialist president is accused of having made racist remarks during a drunken evening. “Today, we are filmed everywhere all the time. If it had been like this 50 years ago, we would have seen pearls too! But, despite everything, Rousseau knows his times, and that is unforgivable”.

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Is Wallonia heading straight into the wall?

“We have been talking about the bankruptcy of Wallonia since my childhood,” mentions Didier Lebbe before continuing: “Solidarity between regions is essential. Wallonia is Flanders’ best customer. Regions need each other… Where will secession end? Once independent, Flanders will separate from Limburg?”

Ludivine de Magnanville makes a comparison with businesses and Wallonia. By denouncing the fact of being more lenient with businesses than with Wallonia. “I can swear to you that there are companies with which we are very lenient! Wallonia must tax businesses!”

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