Look, I hardly ever talk about Belgian politics. I know talking about politics during a family get together
totally ruins the mood. But today, today I'd really like to say something about Belgian politics. Because
I don't get it anymore. Look, Johan Vande Lanotte worked on his note for two months, two whole months. The chairmen of all parties
had the chance to visit with him and say: We want this; we don't want that; we are very much for this, but that is not acceptable
to us. Van de Lanotte writes all of this down, yeah? And he summarizes it in this one government note.
So how is it possible that when he hands the note out to the same people who provided him with the info
in the first place, they all suddenly say: "Gosh, Johan, you left this bit out while we really wanted
it and you put that bit in, but we really don't like it." Why then didn't you mention that when you
were over at Johan's drinking your cup of coffee? This morning I heard Rik Torfs on the radio. Have you
heard, Rik Torfs? And Rik Torfs said: "Yes, we ought to take it slow and think about how best to start.
Excuse me? Excuse me? Take it slow and think about how to start? Have those people no shame? We've been
going at this for two hundred days, Rik! How best to start!? If your plumber tells you this, because you called
him to fix a broken shower, and first he doesn't do anything for two hundred days but still he asks you money for it
and then he tells you you should take it slow and think about how best to start, you would sue him,
wouldn't you? I wonder if that isn't an option. Could there be a law somewhere that says our members
of parliament are obligated to form a government? Couldn't we force the issue by having a judge making them pay a fine
of a million euros a day, per day there isn't a government yet? One million per Belgian. Rik Torfs would
come hand it to your personally. Or the postman, together with your cash pension payment. Those people
have been elected, haven't they? They applied for the job, didn't they? Well, you've got the job, now
start doing it, please! I understand there are serious concerns about the Flemish Movement and that there
are Flemish demands that need to be met, all that's very well, but
this morning I heard, did anyone else hear, I heard on the radio that the current issue is the responsibility
for the access to and the exits of the ringway around Brussels. Because this ringway is in Flanders,
actually, haha! So who is responsible for the access and exits? It couldn't be Brussels, could it? No,
it has to be Flanders! Do I understand this correctly, that these people put an entire country on hold
because there is an argument about some stupid exit from a road? Thou shalt exit on the Flemish side
or thou shalt not? I really can't understand this. Do these people still live in the actual world? Do they even know what they're doing?
The next thing will be the viaduct of Vilvoorde. This thing is over Vilvoorde indeed, but has anyone ever
measured how high it actually is? Because maybe it's too high to be considered to be on Flemish land,
and maybe it's actually hanging in Belgian air space, and then the federation would be responsible! Really,
that's the next thing we're going to think about and take it slow; slow, huh Rikky, so you don't hurt yourself,
we're going to take it slow about how to take the first step. Honestly! People, there's only one solution, only one. We
have to get out there. In every banana republic, in every corrupt country people start protests. And here,
we just sit back on our couches, watching it all and think: let's think about this, nice and calm. We need to get out there. We haven't been a proper country for a while
now, so why not do as those banana republics do? Just grab some Walloon by the hand, drag him out on
the street with you and start demonstrating until we have a government! There, I needed to get that out.
Phew, that helped. I was planning on a jog in the park, but it's raining, but I think I've just burned more calories than I would have running laps for half an hour.
Thank you.