2023-09-09 20:19:56
The president of the MR, Georges-Louis Bouchez, launched his party on Saturday in the campaign for the 2024 elections. In front of the activists gathered at Lac de l’Eau d’heure, he listed some of the central themes of his party in the coming months and unveiled a revamped logo as well as a pre-campaign slogan: “Working for the future”.
Employment in Wallonia occupied a prominent place in the liberal president’s speech. Mr. Bouchez criticized social and unemployment policies which, according to him, explain the number of job seekers in the south of the country. “How can we explain today that Belgium has 200,000 vacancies and that Wallonia has 230,000 job seekers? Yes, I accept it, we can be stricter in social policy, in unemployment rules, because this social policy becomes destructive of well-being and condemns individuals to remain on welfare all their lives,” he said. he said. “Solidarity must go both ways. When society needs your work, you have to respond.”
The MR repeated its demand for a reduction in public spending and a tax reform of eight billion euros on work, which is not offset by an increase in taxation on other areas such as consumption or accommodation. He also called for an evaluation of public policies. “The MR does not want less State, it wants better State,” assured Mr. Bouchez.
Another theme: security. “There’s nothing wrong with being safe. You have to be fair. The rule of law must be respected but laxity must be put an end to. Fear must change sides,” said the president.
The French-speaking left in the sights of the liberals
Beyond additional resources for the police and justice, the liberals are calling for “a change of mentality”, administrative and judicial rules which make it possible to immediately punish each act of delinquency. “We must ensure that honest people can live peacefully and that those who ruin the lives of their fellow human beings are punished with certainty, and that they are made to get rid of the desire to start once more.”
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