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2023-09-03 16:17:00

In 280 days precisely, we vote! First for the federal, regional and European in June 2024, and then for the municipalities a few months later, in October. Let’s take stock of the political landscape with our “Campaign Diary” of the week.

Campaign notebook, episode 2. And we start it with the debates of the week. The first comes to us from Bob Dermagne, alias Pierre-Yves, the Socialist Minister of the Economy. The man who whispers in the ear of joints and who wants to legalize cannabis in Belgium. “Yes, I smoked cannabis when I was a student. We know it, it’s an open secret, cannabis circulates in Belgian society like never before. So I prefer to organize, legalize, control“, he said on our plate.

The president of the Reform Movement was its most virulent detractor. “It’s really not the time to send a signal of decriminalization, a signal of laxity in relation to that. Excuse me, but you’re like a wreck, you still have little reaction, it’s still not something to advocate or trivialize“, lambasted Georges-Louis Bouchez.

No tax reform in sight: the rations

Let Bob Dermagne lead the second debate of the week: money and tax reform. After the failure of negotiations this summer, the new season begins with its share of declarations. Opinions vary.

Jean-Marc Nollet, co-president of Ecolo: “A tax reform for Belgians before the elections“.

Paul Magnette, president of the PS: “There was a first round in July, and I believe that we must continue to say that we must increase low and medium wages in Belgium. For that, we need tax reform, and we have to pay the richest and the multinationals“.

Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister, of the Open VLD (Flemish Liberals): “We can’t do everything in our country. I think that for the moment, it is clear that our budgetary trajectory does not allow us to carry out this kind of tax reform at the same time“.

Maximes Prévot, president of the Committed (former CDH): “We have a Prime Minister who has just said that it’s over, thank you and goodbye, we were unable to reach an agreement before the summer. The Belgians witness this poor spectacle. I let the majority partners finally continue what they do best, which is to kick each other in the face.“.

Mr. State Bonds

Speaking of money, the man of the week got a lot of it. Vincent Van Peteghem, Minister of Finance from the CD&V party, has become “Mister State Bonds”. Its vouchers have raised more than 22 billion euros. A record. “Yes, it’s really a success“, welcomed Vincent Van Peteghem.

The Minister of Finance had experienced failure with his tax reform which had not been adopted. The Flemish social-Christian is therefore making headlines once more and this will undoubtedly be very useful for his party as the elections approach.

The network campaign

Finally, a campaign diary would be nothing without its images of the week on social networks. We start with a story of books, pastry and Georges-Louis Bouchez.

The signing session of the president of the MR ended with a tartar. Georges-Louis Bouchez reacted well following a little cleaning up. “I find it very unfortunate because the pie looked good“, he confided on social networks. He filed a complaint.

Finally, to be completely complete, note that we have a new deputy for a few months, until the 2024 elections. This is the second image of the week: Robin Bruyère’s swearing-in. He was a railway worker, he is now a PTB deputy. And as you can see (or not), he will replace Thierry Warmoes. Hoping that the parliamentary services improve the automatic framing of the cameras…

They have a little time: the elections are in 280 days.

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2023-09-03 16:36:00

In the lounge above the driver’s seat: Chris Hahne himself was behind the wheel for many years. Image: Jens Gyarmaty

Chris Hahne was a tour bus driver for Rio Reiser and many others. He later founded a company with partners on whose buses all sorts of stars, from Janet Jackson to the Rolling Stones, ride – if desired with a moving bathroom.

The plan was actually clear: “When Lina becomes a mother, I should come back and support her for a year,” says Chris Hahne. “Now she has two children and I can’t get out of here anymore,” says the founder of the tour bus rental company Berlin Rock Coaches with a laugh. His daughter Lina manages the operative business. And even if the deal didn’t go quite as well as originally planned, it’s already calming down.

“It’s a 24/7 job – during the day you’re in the office, at night the buses break down and you always have to find a solution to every problem,” he says, describing his work. “There is now a permanent emergency service for the buses, but for 20 years I had the phone lying next to me, and it rang every other night – at some point you just don’t want that anymore.”

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2023-09-03 21:55:36

Santo Domingo. -Roberto Fulcar travels to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to carry out the scheduled procedures and evaluations to see the evolution of his state of health, following the surgical interventions he underwent.

´´This Sunday I am traveling to Boston, to Massachusetts General Hospital, for medical evaluation as scheduled by the team that has treated me.

I will take the opportunity to see those who accompanied me and watched over me for months. Always grateful for so much affection, loyalty and love,” Fulcar published on his social networks, announcing his departure from the country for several days.

Fulcar’s communication team announced that, as part of his medical agenda, he will undergo a colonoscopy, an ultrasound, laboratory tests and will then be evaluated by gastroenterologist Amandeep Singh, head of the medical team that treated him.

Since his return to the country on February 28, Fulcar has been undergoing a rigorous treatment that includes medications, physical therapy processes, specialized exercises, among others.

This trip for Fulcar will last regarding two weeks, and he will take advantage of the free spaces between one appointment and another to meet once more with the people who were giving him human support and pending his situation while he was in that city going through a process of ischemic colitis and other conditions. of health that he suffered.

Dozens of people from the diaspora have been waiting for Fulcar to return recovered to share with him, celebrate his recovery and give thanks to God.

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