Will Verlinden survive question time in Parliament? “Lassoued was apparently not on police radar. Now it turns out that a local task force investigated him: that can’t be reconciled, can it?

Will Annelies Verlinden (CD&V) survive the fire in Parliament today? Not everyone is convinced that the police – who fall under their jurisdiction – will go free in the case of terrorist Abdeslam Lassoued. Even more so, the entire security apparatus comes into focus – and that puts the entire government at risk. “If the government fails to protect its citizens, can it continue to govern credibly?”

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