Reconstruction of an emotional election at Open Vld: “I miscalculated” | Domestic

PoliticsThe Liberal party leadership was not confident in advance. But a double knee-jerk by interim chairman Tom Ongena and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo convinced doubting members during the chairman election at Open Vld. Thanks to fiery stars Gwendolyn Rutten and Karel De Gucht who briefly evoked the atmosphere of the great Verhofstadt days. Reconstruction of an emotional meeting in the blue factory, at which Open Vld also saw one of its parliamentarians resign.