The minister was, along with Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden (CD&V), questioned by the deputies following the incidents which broke out on Sunday on the sidelines of the football World Cup match won by Morocco against Belgium.
Vincent Van Quickenborne has put forward three measures to prevent such incidents from happening again: be more reactive, draw up a list of “problematic young people” and “empower parents”. “Why not cut family allowances!”, He launched in an intervention only applauded by Vlaams Belang. “Punish for their actions yes, stigmatize an entire community, no”, he however nuanced. The Minister of Justice also indicated that a draft bill aimed at allowing an appearance before a judge within five days will arrive “within a few weeks” on the government table.
This intervention made Nabil Boukili (PTB, opposition) jump. “You were applauded by the extreme right. Do you know that the Belgian-Moroccan mothers went to clean up after what happened?” he said.
Annelies Verlinden for her part indicated that a security device was put in place this Thursday afternoon, while Belgium and Morocco play their qualification for the round of 16.