“If Bouchez comes up with his MR in Flanders, the party will get 15% here.” With Fernand Huts, Bouchez is already assured of one Flemish vote, if his fantasy becomes reality and MR crosses the language border in the next elections. If Open Vld does not rise from its ashes, the French-speaking liberal certainly plans to emerge in Flanders in 2029. “In Flanders, the dark blue liberals have disappeared.”

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