And Flanders discovered Emmanuelle Praet …

EThis is a new French-speaking person who has crossed the wall of notoriety in Flanders. In a few days, thanks to a tweet from Theo Francken – #jesoutiensannualpraet – the RTL columnist has become a "bekende waal". On Tuesday and Wednesday, the "polemicist / columnist / opinion maker" made headlines Morgen and Standaard. And here is Flanders that leans and pours on the threat to freedom of expression in the south of the country and the existence of a monopoly of the left in the francophone media that muzzle any expression of the right.

The first observation made in the north of the country concerns debates in French. "
Harder and chaotic than at home
"Comments From Standaard. "
A rat race
Mia Doornaert, a former journalist and now a columnist in Flanders, has already been invited several times on the set of "C'est pas tous jours dimanche". She explained to "De Afspraak" Monday on Canvas "
we can be happy if we can say a few sentences
"During the exchange of a few minutes allowed in this show that puts five to six people in debate. Emmanuelle Praet finds in Mia Doornaert a sort of soul mate: the Flemish journalist herself has been the subject of controversy. Judged too much by ultra-right Flemish culture, she was deprived for a time of her appointment as president of the Flemish Letter Fund.

The second observation drawn in the north of the country is the casting of RTL's Sunday political talk show. "
Have you ever heard of Emmanuelle Praet?
", interrogates From Standaard, who clings to the host Christophe Deborsu, whose name speaks to all Flanders. Alain Raviart? The Flemings discover it. "
A macho
"Murderer Mia Doornaert, who does not forgive the qualifier of"
bun crepe
"(Always in French) joined by the former spokesperson of the HRC to a debate between two women ministers. "
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bag gevecht
Translates the journalist for Flemish viewers.

If Emmanuelle Praet deserves his leniency, Raviart, it continues to take for his rank: Mia Doornaert obviously wants him to have written on Facebook that she defended Vlaams Belang on RTL then, she says, that it only explained facts. "
Francophones continue to have difficulty distinguishing a fact from an opinion
"She will say one later.

This brings us to the third Flemish observation: it remains complicated to understand between north and south. Mia Doornaert, always she, ironizes on the generalizations of the French-speakers for whom "
obviously Flanders is a band of fascists
"And specifies that, for the south of the country, a journalist who"
dare
"Evoking the costs incurred by yellow vests for the police is fatally" prefascist ".

In the end, does the north of the country judge the French-speaking public opinion mbadively on the left? The political scientist Dave Sinardet nuances and remarks that we should not underestimate the conservative wave in RTL listeners and viewers. "
When we read the comments on RTL online, we see that Theo Francken has a lot of fans on the other side of the linguistic border
He says in the Flemish newspapers. Adding that from now on, given the results of the elections, the panel of RTL columnists, with an ex-HRC, an "MR" and a former PS, is no longer representative and should count one Ecolo.

Another woman on a TV set? In a completely different genre, but with a kind of outspokenness as well, SNCB boss Sophie Dutordoir was the guest of Alleen Elvis blijft bestaan ​​on Saturday night on Canvas. This program allows you to discover a personality through his selection of nine to ten film fragments, interviews of personalities or concerts. Babette's Feast, Annie Girardot on Alzheimer's, Don Camillo
: many moments commented and which allowed to know more about this woman who, after having directed Electrabel and opened a charcuterie / snack in Overijse, chose to take the crazy challenge to leave the Belgian trains of the rut.

The boss also ends her period of grace: punctuality returns to its lowest levels and policies, including N-VA, begin to get angry: but what has she done since her arrival? "
I do not accept the criticism of SNCB coming from politics. If SNCB is what it is, it is the responsibility of the political choices of the past. Dogs are not cats. We did not tell people what was expected of them.
She said Saturday night, adding: "
This must begin with a federal vision of what we want for mobility in this country, coupled with a vision on the organization. Let's sit down together and decide where we want to go.
"

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She can do anything, but will she be allowed to do it?
Asked Socialist Johan Vande Lanotte at the time of the appointment of Dutordoir. The editorialist of the Laatste Nieuws, which recalls the anecdote, added at the beginning of the week in a text of opinion:
The Michel government did not have the courage to tackle SNCB fundamentally. Too important, too complicated, too expensive? In any case, the railways are worth more than being entrusted to second-clbad ministers, Galant and then Bellot.
Obviously, it's not just the francophone press that would be critical with the right …