2023-09-04 04:00:00
“Le Soir” brought together the presidents of the French-speaking parties to discuss the state of our democracy. All but one… Article reserved for subscribers By Christophe Berti, Bernard Demonty and Martine Dubuisson Published on 4/09/2023 at 06:00 Reading time: 2 min
Don’t look for Paul Magnette in our group photo of French-speaking party presidents. The president of the PS is the only one to have declined our invitation to come and discuss the dangers that threaten our democracy and the improvements to be made to it.
Georges-Louis Bouchez (MR), François De Smet (Défi), Rajae Maouane (Ecolo), Raoul Hedebouw (PTB) and Maxime Prévot (Les Engagés) discussed these topics for two hours within our walls. Paul Magnette preferring to leave his seat empty on the grounds that our “set” was not made up equally of men and women. “For us, this is a very important question of principle, which has been the subject of long debates in the bureau and a long-prepared congress”, he explained to us. “We do not want to participate in panels that do not respect parity. »
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