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  • Belgian Green Party Demands End to N-VA’s Campaign Against Constitutional Court Nominee
    8 December 2019, by Sylvanus

    The smear campaign organized by the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) against the candidacy of the ecologist deputy Zakia Khattabi to the Constitutional Court annoys the Ecolo party. Its co-president, Rajae Maouane, has asked the N-VA party to withdraw this campaign.
    "We therefore ask for the withdrawal of this campaign, in order to allow the deputies who will be called upon to vote for this nomination to do so without external pressure, and thus to guarantee the respect and the proper (…)

  • Moroccan-Belgian Zakia Khattabi Appointed as Belgium’s New Environment and Climate Minister
    2 October 2020, by Ginette

    The former co-president of Ecolo has carved out a path to the government led by Alexandre De Croo, now occupying the position of Minister of Environment and Climate. Of Moroccan origin, Zakia Khattabi is one of those many people who have managed to fight to forge a personality and a reputation.
    The new Minister of Environment and Climate was born to Moroccan parents of modest means. Passionate about freedom and equality, Zakia Khattabi is one of those young women from an immigrant (…)

  • Belgian Climate Minister Faces Backlash Over Air Travel to Morocco and Lebanon
    10 November 2020, by Sylvanus

    Zakia Khattabi, Belgian Minister of Climate, is facing criticism from her fellow citizens who do not approve of the fact that she takes the plane to go to Morocco or Lebanon, the country of origin of her husband. They believe that the use of the car and the plane is incompatible with her function and call on her to set an example.
    "It is obviously incompatible to be Minister of Climate and not to be able to do without your car or take the plane! She must set an example! She could very (…)

  • Belgian Climate Minister Falsely Labeled as "Muslim Brotherhood" in Intelligence Report
    8 July 2023, by Prince

    Federal Minister of Climate, Zakia Khattabi, as well as her entire Ecolo party, are wrongly included among the 160 Belgians considered "Muslim Brotherhood" by a Swiss intelligence company that would have provided this erroneous information to the secret services of the United Arab Emirates.
    The Swiss company Alp Services would have sent to the Emirati secret services a list of at least 1,000 people from 18 European countries, including 160 Belgians, and 400 organizations, presumed to be (…)