New Asylum Secretary is surprise choice: who is "the Margaret Thatcher of Flanders"? | VRT NWS: news

Outgoing Asylum Secretary Sammy Mahdi has appointed Nicole De Moor as his successor as he will take on the leadership of the Flemish christian democrat party CD&V. Nicole de Moor may be a surprise choice, but she is not a newcomer in the Asylum and Migration department. Mahdi calls her "the warm Margaret Thatcher of Flanders: tough but fair."