2023-12-01 22:06:00
This Friday, the participants of the show “We must speak” returned to the current news. Gauvain Dos Santos, political journalist at DH, Céline Aron, entrepreneur, Alain Kupchik, artist and Jean Kitenge, president of Défi Jeunes were the four debaters this evening.
The image of the day is that of frescoes painted in Brussels to warn regarding the working conditions of firefighters and ambulance drivers. These works are accompanied by an awareness campaign around this theme. For Gauvain Dos Santos, political journalist at DH, this type of action is “indispensable” because “it is scandalous that firefighters and ambulance drivers are being attacked. These are people who are only there for good.” Céline Aron, entrepreneur, then adds: “These are difficult jobs but they shouldn’t be. When they arrive, they are the first to whom we should open our doors to help them and make their lives easier.”
Why did the Brussels Fire Brigade have these three frescoes of victims in very unfortunate postures painted? (photos and video)
“Francophones and Flemish: who weighs more?” is the question that then animated the discussions. This question, introduced by Jean Kitenge, the president of Défi Jeunes, appears following the denunciation of a “political injustice” by Zuhal Demir (N-VA). According to her, there would be an inequality of votes in the allocation of seats, particularly in the House. Jean Kitenge says he is “shocked” by these comments from the minister. The president of Défi Jeunes would have liked Zuhal Demir to take advantage of being invited on a set, following the domination of the far right in the legislative elections in the Netherlands, to address the issue of Geert Wilders’ victory. However, she preferred to compare the Belgian and Dutch systems and affirmed that in Belgium a Flemish voice would count less than a Dutch-speaking voice. Jean Kitenge believes that this does not correspond to reality: “Concretely, the 150 parliamentary seats at the federal level are allocated according to the demographics of the different electoral constituencies.” The question of potential confederalism then appeared in the conversation, a notion that the president of Défi Jeunes describes as “incantatory.”
Another subject came up around the table, the authorization of the wearing of the veil in the administration in Anderlecht. Alain Kupchik, artist, believes that this decision appears in a context conducive to electoral patronage. He does not see this ban as discriminatory and mentions “the years of struggle to separate state from religion.” Gauvain Dos Santos questions the impact, particularly in terms of employment, that such a measure might have if it were applied in the “front office” throughout French-speaking Belgium.
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Finally, the various speakers looked at the emergence of a new treatment to prolong the life of dogs. The question of the benefit of making dogs live longer then arose on the set.
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