INTERVIEW. Brand new Secretary of State Alexia Bertrand (Open Vld): “I’m not so arrogant to say that I will do better than Eva De Bleeker” | Interior

No, she is not a damsel and despite her wealthy background, she did not grow up in the jet set world. New-fangled State Secretary Alexia Bertrand (Open Vld) realizes that – in addition to debunking some clichés about her background – she also has an ungrateful task ahead of Budget. “My job is actually ‘trying to avoid shit’, but I can hardly say that the budget would go off the rails even more without me.”