2023-07-12 04:32:00
President Georges-Louis Bouchez, detained in the morning by the Flemish Community celebration, joined his deputies in the afternoon to listen to the results of the discussions. It was also a question of alleviating some tensions. Two weeks ago, during the usual meeting between the liberal group in the House and the president of the MR, some elected officials expressed their concerns.
In particular, with regard to the rescue of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the liberal Hadja Lahbib. The MR supported him in the Iranian visa affair until he came dangerously close to the breaking point of the federal majority. Several blue deputies were affected by this sequence and fear that this affair, like others before it, will leave traces. And that the MR, after the elections of 2024, be rejected on the benches of the opposition by its former majority partners exceeded.
Portrait of Hadja Lahbib (MR), Minister of Foreign Affairs: the rage to win
Proof that it was necessary to pick up the pieces within the group of Liberal deputies: a coach was hired to boost the morale of the troops. He came in the morning. He was summoned on the initiative of Benoit Piedboeuf, the leader of the MR group in the Chamber.
”Optimize our work”
What was this coach supposed to be used for? “He’s just a meeting facilitator. Nothing very special, temporizes a high-ranking liberal. It is only with the aim of optimizing our work in view of the elections and the last parliamentary year: organization, files to carry, distribution of work…”
If, within the MR, a few teeth are still gnashing, the climate has improved in recent weeks. In particular, the way in which Georges-Louis Bouchez managed the replacement of Valérie Glatigny within the Jeholet government (Wallonia-Brussels Federation) was appreciated. With tact, the boss of the MR had taken care to associate the heavyweights of the party with the appointment of Françoise Bertieaux as Minister of Higher Education. “It was done in a calm and concerted way”, appreciates an MR agent who is usually quite critical.
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