Belgium’s new Prime Minister Bart De Wever may be a lifelong Flemish nationalist, but according to political researcher Caroline Sägesser, his leadership today is shaped less by ideology than by a strict, almost managerial sense of duty. Her assessment stands with the concerns raised by philosopher Philippe Van Parijs, who recently questioned whether a separatist can truly lead all Belgians. On this subject, Sägesser describes a Prime Minister who has taken the role seriously, yet one who appears unusually joyless and cautious a leader keeping Belgium running, but offering little hope for what comes next.
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