“Level zero, Mrs. Rutten, zero, zero!” A spirited debate about the CEO of Basketball Flanders ended on Wednesday afternoon in a – very personal – game of back-and-forth accusations between Flemish Member of Parliament Gwendolyn Rutten (Open Vld) and Minister of Sports Annick De Ridder (N-VA). The latter had somewhat condescendingly advised Rutten to “drink another chamomile tea”, to which she allegedly replied: “Sniff a little more.”
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“Sniff a little more”: argument between Rutten (Open Vld) and De Ridder (N-VA) leads to a game of recriminations
Bytaketonews
Jan 15, 2026