2023-11-30 09:42:41
Alexander De Croo announced on La Première (RTBF) that he wanted to return to the post of Prime Minister following the elections on June 9, if the results of the polls allowed it. “I saw during my three years in office that Belgium has enormous potential. And we tend to always focus on what is going wrong and not on what we are doing right. My message is a message of self-confidence. In Belgium, if we want to move forward, we do it with people who understand that we move forward better when we move forward together. »
The Prime Minister also spoke regarding COP28 which begins this Thursday in Dubai. He called the United Arab Emirates a “partner in the transition” towards a sustainable society.
“Countries like the Emirates (fifth largest oil exporter in the world, Editor’s note) are a partner, because they use oil profits to invest in renewables. The investments are on a scale that we in Europe can only dream of,” the Prime Minister said.
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The liberal stressed that Belgium would go to the COP with Belgian solutions (offshore wind turbines, hydrogen from John Cockerill, ‘carbon neutral’ cement from Holcim, etc.). “It is industry that will help us achieve our ecological goals,” he said. Flemish Minister of the Environment Zuhal Demir (N-VA) will not participate in the international conference, denouncing a “puppet theater” and calling for the Belgian delegation to be reduced to focus more on achievements on the ground.
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“What bothers me is trying to make this some sort of political polemic,” Mr. De Croo said. “Minister Demir is not going there, it’s a show, but there are dozens of Flemish civil servants going there. There’s a bit of charade in there. »
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