2023-05-26 10:01:00
“Charleroi opened its door to us, Wallonia closed it. So I call on all travelers to settle anywhere,” says their spokesperson.
Manuel Étienne Charpentier is furious. The spokesperson for Travelers in Wallonia experienced as a new humiliation the confirmation of the refusal of permit by the Minister MR in charge of Regional Planning Willy Borsus to create in Gosselies a permanent place of reception for 20 to 40 caravans .
He warns: “I called on the members of my community to take reprisals. I invited them to settle anywhere since Wallonia refuses us access to land in Charleroi which was the subject of a local consensus. “ For him, we must put an end to hypocrisy. “We have no problem in the north of the country where around forty equipped areas are available to travellers. But in Wallonia, it’s something else. The municipalities are reluctant to welcome us, the infrastructures are rare. And when a mayor puts energy and time into a project like Paul Magnette did, it’s on the upper floor that things get stuck. Yet, I remind you, Wallonia subsidizes the creation of places stay.”
This was the case in Charleroi where an envelope of half a million euros had been allocated to this project. Manuel Étienne Charpentier calls nomads to action. “Not in Charleroi where we are respected and well treated, but elsewhere, where we are despised!” It is an understatement to say that he resents the minister’s refusal. “Willy Borsus had shown listening and openness when I met him when he was President of the Walloon government.he recalls. Even if I don’t know the exact motivations that led him to position himself in this way, I take it as a betrayal. And that makes us angry!”
In Belgium, the community of Travelers numbers around twenty thousand nationals. The spokesperson fears that this decision by the minister will encourage the reluctance of other mayors. Pay attention now to the reply of the families.
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