Cécile Jodogne (Challenge): “This is the worst week of my political career”

The mayor of Schaerbeek denounces a “Brussels-bashing” around the evacuation of the squat in rue des Palais. She claims to have warned, on Tuesday, Secretary of State Nicole de Moor (CD&V) that asylum seekers might be sent to a hotel in Flanders.

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By Maxime Biermé and Fanny Declercq

Published on 02/18/2023 at 06:00
Reading time: 5 mins

Cécile Jodogne (Défi) is the acting mayor of Schaerbeek. From her imposing office, she looks back on a crazy week that she spontaneously agrees to describe as “the worst of her municipal political career”. “Fortunately, despite the events, I continue to sleep well. And then, I have a golden team. »

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