If it had depended on her parents Ann and Patrick – both workers – Vooruit party leader Melissa Depraetere (30) would sooner have become a hairdresser or teacher. But it turned out differently. In the Chamber, the West Flemish is now emerging as the leading lady among the socialists. “You thought I would never find a job.” “But Melissa, we didn’t know anyone who went on to study either.”
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Vooruit party leader Melissa Depraetere and her parents: “I was ashamed of my salary for a long time. They have worked themselves up for much less.”
