Political scientist Dave Sinardet about the riot surrounding Tom Meeuws: “People will see patterns and that puts Vooruit in a difficult position”

It seems that N-VA has the kingdom to itself. “Open VLD has been meaningless since the dismissal of Alderman Marinower. And now Vooruit’s file grabber is also disappearing. Although at the end of the board period there are no more important files on the table.”

“It may sound good to be the dominant factor, but you still have to put together a coalition. If Vooruit is weakened, CD&V and Open VLD barely exist or no longer exist, De Wever may have to rely on Groen. That is not exactly a pleasant prospect, especially if he simultaneously leaves Vlaams Belang aside.”