Former Green Chairman Wouter Van Besien quits Antwerp politics

Former Green Chairman Wouter Van Besien resigns from the Antwerp City Council tonight and thus ends his local political engagement there. Van Besien, also a former Flemish MP, had already quit as group leader in 2020 to make the switch to private life, at vdk bank.

12:02 Wouter Van Besien is leaving Antwerp politics after 20 years. His fight for sustainability continues through VDK Bank.

After twenty years in politics, Green leader and former chairman Wouter Van Besien is leaving active politics. At the Antwerp City Council, he will resign as municipal councilor on Monday evening, immediately his last political mandate. “I'm not quitting active politics out of rancor, but I'm tired of how politics is done today. Playing it on the guy is not for me,” he says in his farewell interview.

After twenty years in politics, Green leader and former chairman Wouter Van Besien is leaving active politics. At the Antwerp City Council, he will resign as municipal councilor on Monday evening, immediately his last political mandate. “I'm not quitting active politics out of rancor, but I'm tired of how politics is done today. Playing it on the guy is not for me,” he says in his farewell interview.

After twenty years in politics, Green leader and former chairman Wouter Van Besien is leaving active politics. At the Antwerp City Council, he will resign as municipal councilor on Monday evening, immediately his last political mandate. “I'm not quitting active politics out of rancor, but I'm tired of how politics is done today. Playing it on the guy is not for me,” he says in his farewell interview.