From Quickenborne’s minute-by-minute stunt: “And now if you’ll excuse me, I’d like to take a little bathroom break.”

Over drinks of ginger tea, fresh waffles, cake, pizza and croissants, opposition member Vincent Van Quickenborne (Open Vld) has now been filibustering in the House Finance Committee of the federal parliament for more than 23 hours. The stunt is relatively unprecedented in our country. Our reporter follows the war of attrition closely: “They were very annoyed and waiting for it to crack.”

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