Valerie Van Peel elected as new chair of N-VA

Valérie Van Peel was elected on Saturday to head the N-VA with 96.26% of the votes. She was the only candidate to chair the Flemish nationalist party. ...

Valerie Van Peel is the new chair of the N-VA. She won 96 percent of the votes, there were no other candidates. Van Peel once started as a spokesperson, left politics disappointed last year and is now returning through the big gate. How will she lead the party after 20 years of Bart De Wever as the undisputed chair?

16:23 Valerie Van Peel has been elected as the new chair of N-VA with a monster score of 96 percent. She succeeds Bart De Wever, who led the party for over 21 years.

The members of N-VA have elected Valerie Van Peel (45) as the new chairwoman by an overwhelming majority. She was the only candidate to succeed Bart De Wever. De Wever led the party for over twenty years, but passed on the baton when he became prime minister in early February. Van Peel received 96.26 percent of the votes cast.

Valerie Van Peel elected as new chair of N-VA

Former MP Valerie Van Peel has been elected as the new chair of the N-VA. The 45-year-old succeeds Bart De Wever, who is stepping down after more...

Saturday, Valerie Van Peel will be elected as the new chair of the N-VA. I will not yet comment on Van Peel's capabilities, it is too early for that. But it is clear that she is facing a major challenge. With the arrival of Valerie Van Peel as the new chair, the party is also saying goodbye to its former chair Bart De Wever. His chair began in 2004, succeeding Geert Bourgeois. The latter was quite a hard worker and a Flemish intellectual, but...