SM> "Naughty Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder"
I watched the video, recognized the lady.
SM> The secret is that we are used to the fact that the Minister of Defense SM> is a hard, gloomy man, and here in the video is a sweet and quite SM> cheerful lady. For us, this is very unusual.
Well, you'll have to get used to more females in important jobs once your country joins the EU. These days those women don't look anymore like a Russian battle wagon from WW2 ... try googling the prime-ministers of Finland, Estonia, Italy ...
A surprise to many, but good looks is not identical to "no brains".
Ludvine does a good job in an environment which is mainly male. She drives a hard bargain.
