“I live in Schaarbeek and haven’t received a single leaflet in the post yet about the coronavirus”

“A crisis such as this shows you how important Civic integration Flanders has a policy for civic integration. This is a guided and targeted form of social integration for people of foreign origin. The intention is that the newcomers are provided with a valuable place in society by including them instead of excluding them. Civic integration, which includes language lessons and civic integration courses, was brought about by the participation of the N-VA in the Flemish Government since 2004 and the appointment of a Minister for Civic Integration. civic integration is.” On the TV programme Terzake, N-VA group leader in the Brussels Parliament Cieltje Van Achter discussed the low vaccination rate in Brussels. Cieltje Van Achter compared the situation there with the situation in Antwerp. “The residents of Brussels and Antwerp are similar multiculturally. Yet Antwerp is succeeding in achieving a vaccination rate that is around 20% higher. In Flanders, civic integration has been mandatory for 20 years, while it still is not mandatory in Brussels.”

Not a single leaflet in the post yet about the coronavirus

According to Cieltje Van Achter, Brussels has delayed far too long to reach out to the people of Brussels. She speaks from her own experience. “I live in Schaarbeek and I have never received a leaflet in the post. On the square where I live, dozens of men sit on a bench every day, and I have never seen anyone give explanations there. I get emails from general practitioners who don’t know what the situation is. You must approach people proactively and not assume that they will come to you.”