In an interview published this Saturday in L’Avenir, our president Georges-Louis Bouchez outlines a clear and consistent vision of the major current issues: fuel prices, energy crisis, reindustrialization, and the role of Europe in an increasingly conflictual world. He defends a line of responsibility: the state cannot enrich itself from the rise in pump prices, but there is also no magic money. Therefore, MR proposes a targeted intervention, limited to the additional VAT revenues on fuels, to cushion the impact for those who work, without passing a new bill to the taxpayer or promising unrealistic price reductions.
Regarding energy, our president dismantles the magical thinking of a transition that would quickly erase gas and oil. He points out that we still largely depend on fossil fuels and that total electrification without an adapted network or industrial solutions is a dangerous mirage. MR sets a course: to extend and develop nuclear power, secure our supplies, review European regulations that artificially inflate energy costs, and prevent the European industry from remaining competitive. Without industry, there is neither sovereignty, nor purchasing power, nor means to finance decarbonization.
Georges-Louis Bouchez finally puts these debates into the geopolitical context: rising tensions between blocs, the destabilizing role of regimes like Iran, the need for Europe to choose its alliances and defend its interests rather than live in illusion. He criticizes media sensationalism and the overrepresentation of degrowth in the public debate, and assumes another path: that of growth, reindustrialization, and defense of the camp of liberal democracies. An interview that illustrates the MR’s compass: realism, political courage, and priority given to workers and the prosperity of the country.
Fact Check:
- Georges-Louis Bouchez is the president of MR (Mouvement Réformateur), a liberal and conservative political party in Belgium.
Context:
- The interview discusses the MR’s stance on important issues such as fuel prices, energy, reindustrialization, and Europe’s role in global conflicts.
