The New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) threatened Saturday to exit Belgium’s governing coalition in case Prime Minister Charles Michel signed the UN Global Compact for Migration.
“If the government decides to bind itself [to the document] in Marrakesh, we will not accept it. Tomorrow, Charles Michel will leave as a prime minister of ‘Swedish coalition’ and will land as a prime minister of ‘Marrakesh’ coalition,” N-VA leader Bart De Wever said as quoted by the party’s press service.
The Belgian prime minister, however, ignored the N-VA’s ultimatum by issuing a statement, in which he confirmed his plans to travel to Marrakesh.