Steven Arrazola de Oñate wrote that he found the fierce reactions from N-VA leaders to statements made by Tom Van Grieken significant. He said that Van Grieken was right in his view and had rightly raised the issue last weekend. According to Arrazola de Oñate, the N-VA leadership reacted so sharply because more and more Flemish people were realizing that they had been misled. He stated that hard-working Flemish people who had voted for N-VA for years were disappointed. In conversations with entrepreneurs and employees, he claimed to hear more and more that they would not vote for the party again. According to him, voters had expected change, more frugal government policy, and order, but instead received a government that lived beyond its means and produced poor budget figures. Arrazola de Oñate also referred to the N-VA leadership as “Open VLD 2.0” and accused them of focusing more on Van Grieken than on defending their own policy. He believed that the leaders were shirking responsibility and structural reforms by pointing to Van Grieken as a scapegoat. He wrote that voters would have to wait nearly three years to hold the politicians accountable and predicted that N-VA could be severely punished in 2029. He argued that angry reactions, political excuses, and communication campaigns would not protect the party from the judgment of voters. #NVA #Vlaanderen #Politiek (translated)