When two senators admit that their function is useless (video)

Senator Ecolo Petra De Sutter, and Senator N-VA Pol Van Den Driessch were invited Monday night on the VRT.

TheThe leader of the Groen group in the House, Kristof Calvo, suggested on Sunday a reduction in the number of political mandates in Belgium, notably by abolishing the Senate and the provinces.

"There are just too many professional politicians in our country," he said in the TV news for private channel VTM.

Reactions have multiplied since. Guests on the VRT set, Senator Ecolo Petra De Sutter, and Senator N-VA Pol Van Den Driessch, reacted Monday night. When the journalist asks them if their function is superfluous, the two answer in chorus: " Yes ".

"Are you both answering yes? To make it clear, are you wasting your time? " the journalist continues.

" Yes ", replied the two senators again.

" Good idea "

Earlier in the week, Calvo had already pleaded for a new change in the status of politicians, making it comparable to that of ordinary workers.

On Sunday, the Green MP also called for a reduction in the number of political representatives.

"We must not only make sure that we spend less on existing politicians, but also make sure there are fewer professional politicians. There are never enough people in politics, but there are just too many professional politicians in this country. "

, he said.

He suggested abolishing the Senate and the provinces, reducing the number of municipalities and intermunicipal bodies and adopting political structures "
simpler
" in Brussels.

Deputy MEP Groen was joined by MEP Gerolf Annemans (Vlaams Belang), who was quoted by Belgian TV channel VRT's "De Zevende Dag" as saying that "
                        far too many parliamentarians.

As for the N-VA group leader in the House, Peter De Roover, he recalled that his party had already proposed reducing the number of parliamentarians, such as MPs, from 150 to 100. "
                        But not everyone reacts with the same enthusiasm, he stressed.

The nationalist deputy and his colleague of the VLD Open Patrick Dewael thus qualified "
                        good idea "
the suggestion to abolish the Senate.