Why the criticism of former Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès made Georges-Louis Bouchez (MR) so angry that he left the government negotiations

Combining the presidency with a ministerial post? “He will have to choose.” Former Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès (MR) was critical of the plans of her party chairman Georges-Louis Bouchez. It caused him to leave the negotiations on… taxation earlier than expected. “A lot has to do with Bouchez’s aura: monsieur 30%,” writes our political editorialist Isolde Van Den Eynde. “But Sophie Wilmès received a record number of 537,000 preferential votes on June 9. Her nickname in Wetstraat: Sainte Sophie.”

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