Mr Chairman Bouchez Dismisses Criticism After His Partner's Appointment to Top Position

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There's a lot of commotion in French-speaking Belgium about the appointment of Lucie Demaret (MR) as the new chair of the board of ONE, the French-speaking counterpart of Kind & Gezin. Demaret is the partner of MR president Georges-Louis Bouchez, who made the decision on the appointment. According to Bouchez himself, there's no question of nepotism: "In the 21st century, are we still going to reduce someone to the person they live with?"

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"Reducing a woman to her partner in the 21st century goes somewhat against the idea of women's emancipation, doesn't it?" This is how MR chairman Georges-Louis Bouchez counters criticism that he helped his partner Lucie Demaret secure a political appointment.