2024-01-04 14:50:00
New recruit to the MR: Marc Ysaye will be a candidate in the elections
Neither the list nor his place on it has been revealed. Marc Ysaye lives in Mont-Saint-Guibert (Corbais), in Walloon Brabant. We can therefore expect him to be on the federal or regional list in the Young Province in June, then on a list in his commune in October.
“I put myself at the disposal of the party,” said the person concerned. “He will have a prominent place and will play a role,” said Mr. Bouchez. Marc Ysaye was integrated into the presidential team as a “culture” referent, also with an interest in secularism. But without any other certainty for the future. “Marc didn’t make any requests of me. “It’s rare enough to be underlined,” according to its president.
Third recruit of the MR in a few days
The radio host, who made his final appearance on the airwaves of Bel RTL on December 21, is the third recruit of the MR in the space of a few days, after Vincent Maillen in Namur and Thierry Neyens in Arlontwo players in the economic world who will be candidates for the Walloon Parliament.
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When young, Marc Ysaye thought he would study political science and saw himself becoming a diplomat. But between studies and music, he had to choose and opted for the second. His entry into politics is in some ways a return to forgotten loves. “It’s now or never,” said the man who has just celebrated his 70th birthday.
I think we are at a societal turning point. We must pay attention to the abuses we witness.
His entry into the MR dates back to a reflection that he shared in writing with Georges-Louis Bouchez. A meeting between the two men followed and, along the way, a future candidacy for elections.
“I have always voted liberal, even if I never said it,” explained Mr. Ysaye. What is said, thought, reflected by the MR corresponds completely to me. I have always been on the right. And I protest against saying – it’s fashionable – that everything from the left is good, and everything from the right is bad.”
An RTBF a little too left
”I think we are at a societal turning point. We must pay attention to the abuses we witness.” The so-called Wokism, for example? “Yes,” he replied, “it’s something dangerous that leads to excesses.” And to cite the excesses, according to him, of inclusive writing. “What upsets me is that we end up enduring a dictatorship of the minority.”
The MR attacks wokism, this “new totalitarianism”
“There is Wokism, but also Cancel culture,” continued Marc Ysaye, pointing out, among other things, a tendency to want to erase street names deemed problematic for the historical charge they carry. “My role [en politique]it will perhaps be to draw attention to all the dangers that await us.”
Finally, after 40 years at RTBF, does he share the criticisms of his party president on the public media, which the latter considers too left-wing? “I have immense respect for RTBF. It is an honorable institution that I do not want to criticize. That said, it is true that I have detached myself from the editorial line of information. It reflects a political world in Wallonia which is a little more to the left. The risk is that we end up with indoctrination. I’m not saying that we’re there, but we have to be careful,” he concluded.
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