Kris Peeters hits the road
Minister-president begins region-wide campaign that will help shape the future of Flanders
First stop Roeselare
Peeters started off in the town of Roeselare where he visited Maselis, which produces cereal-based health food (pictured). He then went on to Bruges to meet students and staff at Ter Groene Poort hotel school.
Peeters said the aim of the tour was to ask people: “What sort of Flanders do you want to live in?” His party will use the results to shape a social-economic plan to promote economic growth without cutting social security. “The coming five years will define the future of Flanders,” he said. “We want to devote those five years to clear, sustainable and targeted choices.”
He began the day by posting a series of short factual statements about Flanders on Twitter. “Every Fleming needs 1,282 square metres of land to produce the food they need. Flanders needs 800,000 hectares to become self-sufficient in food,” read one tweet. “Six million Flemish people eat and drink 6.4 billion tons of food and drink every year,” another said.
Over the coming weeks, Peeters hopes his party can come up with policies that will convince the electorate to give them a further five years in power when the country goes to the polls on 25 May.
Photo by Belga
