In mid-December, Belgian police arrested a man named Mekki Vanhaelen. When his bosses were informed, they not only hired a lawyer, but also searched his premises.
The list is endless. At the regional level, except in the German zone, 10% of deputies follow in the footsteps of their parents. "Political dynasties have returned today to their level of the late 19th century," say the authors of the Crisp File, an investigation on political dynastied in Belgium.