Walter De Donder in a Christmas show, not in his flooded municipality of Affligem: “I couldn’t possibly disappoint thousands of children, could I?”

He has been the only ‘double’ mayor in the country for twelve years and this week Walter De Donder (62) also knew that: while his municipality of Affligem was flooded, he had to eight return to the stage in the annual Samson & Marie Christmas Show. “I’m taking off my ‘Mr. Mayor’ hat and being a ‘real’ mayor again.”

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