The Minister of the Environment of the Flemish government is at the forefront in the crisis on the nitrogen plan, she hits the CD&V, she stands out as she always does. Go-getter, cheeky, her party launches her on the front line. We see her as minister-president following Jan Jambon, or even president following Bart De Wever. Portrait.
By David Coppi and Stéphane Vande Velde
Aith her, political science is not of much help, the needle panics in the compass: “jewel” of the N-VA according to a wise observer, “rising star” in common language, Zuhal Demir is tipped as a possible next minister-president in Flanders following the extinguished Jan Jambon, or even as president of the party following the breathless Bart de Wever. This, while being ideologically unclassifiable – insofar as one can ever classify anyone –, unpredictable, disconcerting. It’s not contradictory. It is a “personality”, as we say if we are lacking. “She cultivates a ‘politically incorrect’ side which sets her apart from the Flemish political staff in general, surely the conservative staff who dominate at the N-VA”, explains an observer.
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