2023-07-20 17:41:00
Could Princess Elizabeth ascend the throne in the coming years? Some speak of 2030, for the 200th anniversary of Belgium. A very symbolic moment. To answer this question, Vincent Dujardin was invited on the RTL info 19h set. This specialist in monarchies and professor of history at UCLouvain explains: “I don’t wish her. I wish her that she can prepare for many more years. She would only be 28 and the king would only be king for 17 years. But that being the case, I think she has already had the opportunity to be well prepared in some respects.”
Vincent Dujardin speaks in particular on the military level, but also academy and linguistics. “She still lacks political training, economic training. And also being able to take flight on a personal basis. I don’t think that 2030 is a date set for the moment. I rather believe that she will have the opportunity – and that’s what we wish her – to be able to prepare for many more years”continues the specialist.
Are the Francophones more attached to the monarchy than the Flemings?
There does indeed seem to be more support for the monarchy in the south of the country, according to the latest barometer. “But there is more support for the republic in Brussels, for example”notes our guest. “It means that there are more indifferent, without opinions, in the north of the country.”
He also believes that people respond on an institutional rather than a personal level. “We also see that it is the voters of the extremes – Vlaams-Belang on the right and PTB on the left – who lower the average. It is therefore more an institutional reflex than people.”
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