(Brussels Times) The president of the Francophone liberal MR party, Georges-Louis Bouchez, put the topic of the ban on headscarves back on the table following the appointment of Ihsane Haouach as government commissioner at the Institute of Equality for Women and Men.
According to Bouchez, the appointment of Haouach, who wears a headscarf, goes against “the neutrality of the state,” and was motivated by electoral considerations by the Francophone green party Ecolo.
“Wearing a headscarf must remain a guaranteed individual freedom, but the neutrality of the state must not be questioned in order to satisfy the communitarianism of parties that want to charm voters,” Bouchez said on Twitter.
