2023-06-26 14:08:51
This is not negligible: in the Foreign Relations Committee this Monday followingnoon, in principle from 5 p.m., Hadja Lahbib is evolving solo in front of parliamentarians (subject: the arrival of an Iranian delegation in Belgium at the beginning of June, including the ultra-conservative mayor of Tehran), while Alexander De Croo was at his side last Tuesday, and had framed the debate as he knows how to do (it’s “realpolitik”, we must be careful in our relations with the Iran, which is holding European hostages), protecting her at the same time.
Be that as it may, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is eagerly awaited. The elected representatives in the opposition, N-VA in the lead, would prepare, it is said, to reintroduce a motion of no confidence at the end of the session (objective: his resignation), if they were to consider that Hadja Lahbib did not still not up to par.
In the majority, the socialists and ecologists, hearing them beforehand in “off”, will not be outdone: the minister must explain herself once more, they argue, on the chronology of events, that of the decisions taken, in in particular the granting of visas (example: with or without the green light from Ocam, the coordinating body for threat analysis?).
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In the majority still, several, starting with Vooruit, the party of Pascal Smet (the Brussels secretary of state had sent out invitations to the Iranians, he had been harshly criticized by Hadja Lahbib, before resigning ten days ago ), want to hear the Minister of Foreign Affairs frankly make amends, even apologize in good and due form for her alleged mistakes and failures.
Majority still: in session, next to Benoît Piedboeuf, leader of the MR group, and Michel De Maegd, Sophie Wilmès will speak in defense of Hadja Lahbib on behalf of the liberal-reformers (in a second round of interventions), who opera herself at Foreign Affairs, before becoming Prime Minister and the advent of Vivaldi at the end of 2020..
Growing distrust of the MR
Let’s not forget the political context, namely the growing distrust of Georges-Louis Bouchez’s MR in Vivaldi. Paul Magnette targeted the Liberal-Francophone last weekend, in The Sundayexplaining in essence that he had been a brake on the government since the start of the legislature, particularly currently in the negotiations on tax reform, and even mentioning a possible change of majority (Les Engagés in place of MR) if all this should last…
In this context, therefore, welcome to Hadja Lahbib this Monday followingnoon…
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