Alexia Bertrand, former chief of staff of Didier Reynders, Brussels MP, head of the MR group, is yesterday became Secretary of State for the Budget under the flag of the Open-VLD. This replaces Eva De Bleeker who resigned following errors in the budget documents that she sent to the House.
This Friday, she created surprise and excitement among the French-speaking liberal troops, especially since she did not even have time to warn her own president of this change of course…
His appointment goes badly within the MR even if officially, the president of the party, Georges-Louis Bouchez tries to minimize the cold installed with this tweet: “The appointment of Alexia Bertrand proves that we are liberals above all. Alexia will have the Open-VLD and MR cards because the two political parties share the same ideal of freedom and progress. Friendly thought Eva De Bleeker who was not unworthy.”
