Sober and rational, in the three national languages. With that tone, Prime Minister Bart De Wever (N-VA) defended his government’s heavy cuts in his State of the Union. At the same time, De Wever – who again mirrored Jean-Luc Dehaene – also admitted that “the journey will still be difficult and long”. Although he remained strategically silent about what that means for the future.

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