Friche Josaphat: Ecolo ministers return to a government session without winning their case

Three weeks ago, the Ecolo ministers left the government session following a disagreement over the Josaphat wasteland. Back this Thursday, they say they want to collaborate in a way out of the crisis from above.


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Recently, the government commissioner within the SLRB (a public body in charge of housing) Laurence Demeulemeester (Groen) filed an appeal against the designation of the consortium responsible for building 500 housing units on the Josaphat wasteland, while environmentalists refuse these constructions. During his meeting on Tuesday with the co-president of Ecolo Rajae Maouane, The evening asked the question: what should the Brussels executive do with this procedure? The response was: “The government must accept this appeal”. On Thursday, February 16, the Ecolo ministers had left the meeting to protest against the awarding by the boards of directors of several regional organizations of the public market. The greens accused the PS, which disputes, to advance procedures without agreement within the executive. And denounced a “total denial of democracy” or even a “small coup”.




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