Bruxelles PS vuole far funzionare anche i candidati per seggi in lingua olandese nelle elezioni regionali del 2029

**The PS is serious about its plan to submit a list in the 2029 elections also in the Dutch language group. This choice is motivated by the direction Vooruit is going in and the decision of chairman Conner Rousseau to pull the plug on the left majority in Brussels, but in the background the PS also wants to prevent Team Fouad Ahidar from growing further.**

The Brussels formation remains hopeless, yet the next elections are already in the back of some people’s minds. At the PS, for example: the French-speaking socialists are making no secret of the fact that they also want to submit a list on the Dutch-speaking side in the 2029 regional elections.

According to a senior source, Brussels PS boss Ahmed Laaouej toyed with that idea soon after the June 9, 2024 elections. The fact that Team Fouad Ahidar won three seats out of nowhere, with positions with which the PS also draws votes, clearly inspired Laaouej.

**Socialist alternative**

Especially now that Vooruit has blown up the leftist majority that Laaouej was brooding on, the PS is out for revenge. According to a PS source, there is a demand among Dutch-speaking Brussels residents for a socialist alternative to Vooruit.

“After all, that party considers its alliance with the N-VA more important than its ties with the PS,” they say.

“Moreover, many Dutch-speaking Vooruit militants do not agree with the choice of the national party leadership not to give the leftist majority in Brussels a chance.”

**Threatening letter**

According to political journalist Wouter Verschelden’s newsletter W16, Laaouej has made his plans known in a threatening letter to Vooruit.

The PS is not only thinking of playing a role in the Dutch language group, but also of banning Vooruit candidates from its lists in the next municipal elections. In that case, it would be a tough task for Dutch-speaking socialists to still get elected in Brussels municipal councils.

Good, let more French speaking parties do it so people realize how stupid this system is.