City Talk: A new spring for Brussels?

Name: City Talk: A new spring for Brussels?
Start: 2026-04-15T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Bozar

Schedule

Wed, 15 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bozar | Brussels, BU

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On Valentine’s Day, 615 days after the elections, the Brussels-Capital Region finally formed a new government. The negotiations were highly chaotic, and for a long time it seemed as though trust between the communities in the Region had completely broken down.
On 15 April, the honeymoon period of the Dilliès government will come to an end. Bozar is inviting representatives from both majority and opposition parties to address the question of whether Brussels is heading for a new spring or facing a long winter.
The influence of ordinary citizens, united in civic collectives, on the recent government formation cannot be ignored. For this reason, we are also inviting representatives from the new civil society to share their views on the events and on the future.
The academic community has also devoted considerable thought to the situation, including proposals for a new electoral system designed to prevent the kinds of deadlocks experienced over the past eighteen months.
Beatrice Delvaux (Le Soir) will chair a debate with the Brussels Minister for the Economy and Employment, Laurent Hublet (Les Engagés); the Brussels Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Elke Van den Brandt (Groen); the Flemish Minister for Brussels, Cieltje Van Achter (N-VA); and Member of Parliament François De Smet (Défi).
There will be an opportunity for the audience to put questions to the panel.
Afterwards, Beatrice Delvaux will speak with Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain & KU Leuven) about reforming the electoral law in Brussels, and with Fatima Zibouh (co-founder of the citizen platform We Are Brussels) about the role of citizens and civic movements in government formation in Brussels.