{"id":7285,"date":"2025-08-29T16:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b19.be\/galerie\/afterwork-theo-francken\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:51:15","slug":"afterwork-theo-francken","status":"publish","type":"gallery","link":"https:\/\/b19.be\/nl\/galerie\/afterwork-theo-francken\/","title":{"rendered":"Afterwork \u2013 Th\u00e9o Francken"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Theo Francken ontvangen is altijd een gebeurtenis op zich.<\/span> <span>Zijn<\/span> <span>persoonlijkheid<\/span> <span>laat niemand onverschillig, zijn openhartigheid blijft zijn handelsmerk en, altijd met gevoel voor humor, week hij niet af van deze traditie.<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Marl\u00e8ne de Wouters<\/span> <span>deed<\/span> <span>het interview in beide landstalen. Daarin kwam Theo Francken terug op de reacties<\/span> <span>in verband met<\/span> <span>zijn laatste opmerkingen over de gevangenisstraf van Olivier Vandecasteele in Iran: \u00ab Ik wil geen polemiek aanwakkeren met de familie van Olivier, die ik ten zeerste respecteer. We moeten de diplomatieke inspanningen opdrijven<\/span> <span>en<\/span> <span>versterken. Europa moet vastberadenheid tonen en we zullen alles<\/span> <span>in het<\/span> <span>werk stellen voor zijn vrijlating<\/span> <span>evenwel zonder<\/span> <span>toe te geven aan chantage! \u00bb<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Ook het taalprobleem<\/span> <span>kwam aan bod<\/span> <span>in zijn uiteenzetting.<\/span> <span>Hij<\/span> <span>verwees onder andere naar de communicatieproblemen<\/span> <span>in het Federaal Parlement: \u201cWanneer een vraag in een van de nationale talen wordt gesteld, is het normaal dat het antwoord in diezelfde taal wordt geformuleerd.<\/span> <span>Het is een kwestie van traditie en respect. Tweetaligheid moet de regel blijven in ons land, het is in ieders belang en ik voed mijn kinderen in die zin op!\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Verder liet hij opmerken dat<\/span> <span>de N-VA, die meer en meer aanwezig is in Brussel, vooruitgang<\/span> <span>blijft<\/span> <span>boeken,<\/span> <span>zelfs in Franstalige kringen!: &#8220;Stemmen op de N-VA in Brussel is een stem voor veiligheid, transparantie en effici\u00ebntie; de huidige meerderheid kan dat niet zeggen!\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Zijn standpunt over immigratie blijft onveranderd: &#8220;Ik ben voor positieve immigratie, maar ik zal illegale immigratie altijd<\/span> <span>bestrijden!\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<span>Ten slotte geeft hij toe dat hij fouten heeft gemaakt of soms vurige taal heeft gebruikt: \u00ab Iedereen maakt kleine fouten in de politiek en daar moet je uit leren.<\/span> <span>Ik heb meer kritiek op de fundamentele strategische fouten van de opeenvolgende regeringen.<\/span> <span>De verkoop van Electrabel, de<\/span> <span>beveiliging van<\/span> <span>onze grenzen<\/span> <span>bijvoorbeeld,<\/span> <span>dat<\/span> <span>zijn ernstige zaken! \u00bb<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>Of je het nu met hem eens bent of niet, Theo Francken laat<\/span> <span>inderdaad niemand onverschillig.<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Recevoir Th\u00e9o Francken est toujours un petit \u00e9v\u00e9nement en soi. Le personnage ne laisse personne indiff\u00e9rent, son franc-parler reste sa<br \/>marque de fabrique et, toujours avec humour, il n\u2019a en rien d\u00e9rog\u00e9 \u00e0 la tradition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Interrog\u00e9 par Marl\u00e8ne de Wouters, il est revenu notamment sur les r\u00e9actions suscit\u00e9es par ses derniers commentaires sur la d\u00e9tention en Iran d\u2019Olivier Vandecasteele : \u00ab Je ne souhaite alimenter aucune pol\u00e9mique avec la famille d\u2019Olivier que je respecte. Nous devons intensifier les efforts diplomatiques, l\u2019Europe unie doit faire preuve d\u2019une ferme d\u00e9termination et nous ferons tout pour sa lib\u00e9ration\u2026 mais pas n\u00e9cessairement \u00e0 n\u2019importe quel prix en c\u00e9dant au chantage ! \u00bb&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019aspect linguistique reste \u00e9galement une pierre d\u2019achoppement de son discours, il revient \u00e9galement \u00e0 ce titre sur les probl\u00e8mes de communication qui \u00e9maillent le Parlement bruxellois : \u00ab Lorsqu\u2019une question est pos\u00e9e dans une des langues nationales, il est normal que la<br \/>r\u00e9ponse soit formul\u00e9e dans cette m\u00eame langue. C\u2019est une question de tradition et de respect. Le bilinguisme doit rester de rigueur dans notre pays, c\u2019est l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat de tous et j\u2019\u00e9duque mes enfants en ce sens ! \u00bb&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>De plus en pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 Bruxelles, la N-VA continue son avanc\u00e9e et s\u00e9duit m\u00eame de plus en plus de francophones : \u00ab Voter N-VA \u00e0 Bruxelles, c\u2019est se prononcer pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9, la transparence et l\u2019efficacit\u00e9\u2026 la majorit\u00e9 actuelle ne peut pas en dire autant ! \u00bb&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Son positionnement quant \u00e0 l\u2019immigration n\u2019a pas chang\u00e9 : \u00ab Je suis favorable \u00e0 une immigration positive mais je d\u00e9noncerai toujours l\u2019immigration ill\u00e9gale ! \u00bb&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>En conclusion et en regard de son parcours, il admet avoir commis des erreurs ou prononc\u00e9 parfois quelques paroles enflamm\u00e9es : \u00ab Tout le monde commet des petites erreurs en politique et il faut en<br \/>tirer les le\u00e7ons. Je suis plus critique quant aux fondamentales erreurs strat\u00e9giques commises par les gouvernements successifs. La vente d\u2019Electrabel, la d\u00e9fense de nos fronti\u00e8res, \u2026 \u00e7a, c\u2019est vraiment grave ! \u00bb&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Que l\u2019on soit d\u2019accord ou pas avec lui, il faut reconna\u00eetre que quand Francken fait du Francken, c\u2019est toujours un r\u00e9gal !&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theo Francken ontvangen is altijd een gebeurtenis op zich. Zijn persoonlijkheid laat niemand onverschillig, zijn openhartigheid blijft zijn handelsmerk en, altijd met gevoel voor humor, week hij niet af van deze traditie.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Marl\u00e8ne de Wouters deed het interview in beide landstalen. 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