In a chat with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo about the leadership of Open Vld, chairman Egbert Lachaert loses out. His liberal fire seemed to have been extinguished for some time, but his departure still comes as a surprise. “If the party ends up in turbulent water, the captain must dare to question his own position. But the rest of the crew must also dare to look in the mirror,” he says to HLN in a particularly candid farewell interview.
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INTERVIEW. Egbert Lachaert after his departure: “It was either my blue views or Prime Minister De Croo”
